Beth and Cormorants

Yangshuo

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October 5th 2010
Yang Shuo We have spent the past week and a half in the town of Yang Shuo in Guangxi Province. We decided to settle here for two weeks to volunteer at an English School called Zhou Yue. We participate in their conversation groups called English Corner for two hours four evenings per week and in exchange we get a free place to stay and very cheap meals. Yang Shuo is a touristy city w ... 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