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Taking part in Military Training

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November 13th 2010
We jokingly asked some Chinese student friends if we could join in with their daily routine of military training, and before we knew it they had sourced out two uniforms (with the biggest size of shoe possible still being too small for Ben's feet) and told us we start the next day at 5.40 in the morning. At 5.40am when we arrived at the meeting point under the palm trees by the campus sports gr ... 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