Four Days in Shanghai Photo 4

Four Days in Shanghai

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September 30th 2009
It's been a while since I've written because work has been hellish. We have an 8-day vacation for National Day (国庆节) and the Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节). Vacation started Sept. 27th, and we have classes immediately after we get back. Because of that we had to write twice the lesson plans in one week, on top of our regular workload. But thankfully that's over with and now I am wrapping up ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more