Chengdu 成都 Part 2 August 30th 2010 We got back from the Bamboo Sea pretty late at night and enjoyed some outside chuanr (um now that I'm in Wuhan I gotta drop that r). The next day was chill. We did some more wandering and went to the People's Park where tons of people were dancing and singing with varying degrees of talent. We watched an outside dance performance where an older guy was attempting to dance like Michael Jackson. ... 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
I'm studying Chinese at Beijing Language and Culture University (北京语言大学)for two months and living with a host family in Beijing. Then I plan to go to Wuhan to do atomic physics research at the Wuhan Institute for Physics and Mathematics (武汉物理与数学研究所). In between I hope to do some traveling around China!... full info