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Independence Day: The Epic Blog Entry

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July 4th 2010
The good Americans of Jining have just celebrated the most epic Independence Day EVER! It was truly a day so epic, so glorious, so momentous, that it will ring throughout the pages of history forever more. All day in the making, two hours waiting in the local KFC, many long conversations about dodging authority figures, and a twenty minute taxi ride to the outskirts of town...resulted in seven ... 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