Rural Toilet

Toilet Talk

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May 16th 2010
One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. 上前一小步 。。。 文明一大步 . These instructions were posted on an engraved placard above the urinal in our local McDonald's men's restroom. Traveling to China to live and work for the year seemed like a pretty exciting prospect. Our knowledge about the culture more or less amounted to, “They love NBA, ping-pong, and Michae ... read more

Asia » China » Jiangsu » Yangzhou

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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