The view from my room

Getting settled in!

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September 1st 2010
Right, next entry! Wev been in Hainan for a couple of days now, and it's all been a ridiculously hectic rush trying to do all kinds of things. Luckily today we've had a Chinese student helping us all day, I don't know her real name, but we've nicknamed her Han Solo. We also met up with Sai Hou, a Chinese student who was in Newcastle last year, it was completely by coincidence, but she ended up ... 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