Pottery

I've never been so full for 46p

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March 31st 2010
Our teacher stopped speaking English today. And as I start to write this my hand tries to make the first few words into Chinese characters (I wrote this in my notepad first!). Wow. Making progress! haha We went to this pottery and craft place today to the North-East of Beijing. Got to paint some plates and attempt to make some pottery on the spinning plate things (the correct terminology eludes ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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