Chunxi Lu

First Friday in Chengdu

---

September 3rd 2010
This morning I found out that I am in level 123 for Chinese. This is a higher basic level, I think. It was a tad bit difficult to decipher the course postings as they were all in Chinese and no one there could speak English. I also bought my books. There are six of them. They cost about 28 dollars altogether. Professor Youtz led those who were interested today into the center of Chengdu. We wen ... read more

Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu

---

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