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November 1st 2009
First, some demographics. Of the 15,000 students at my university, five are from Finland and studying here in the fall. That's it. Next semester there will be zero international students. There are eight foreign teachers including me: two other Americans (one of whom is Chinese-American, and both of whom have a Chinese wife and child), two from the Philippines, and one each from England, Canada, a ... 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