Living room

Xiamen

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January 19th 2010
Here I am, back in Xiamen again. I'll just tell the story of how we got our apartment and some of the things going on outside our window every day. We arrived in Xiamen on the 19th of August 2009. Josh had arranged to start working at Yingcai school, off the island in the part of Jimei district called Xinglin. Although we had told them our arrival dates, the school apartment wasn't ready ye ... 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