Joe and kidlets

Tricks are for kids

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November 1st 2010
Even out here in the hinterlands, American celebrations are lauded. To be certain, China has its share of holidays, but none of them involve candy or squash carving. Halloween is quite well-known here. How it became to be well-known exactly, I am not sure. The Impossibly Adorable Roommates (IARs) had already planned the Halloween celebration, and it was to occur in conjunction with our regular ... 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