Iona, me and Daryl

pinch punch first day of the month and no returns...

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October 1st 2006
Aah is it October already? Means I've been in China nearly 2 months! Us 'laoshi' went out last night to celebrate Ally's birthday at Carol's Too, a bar on Renmin Nan Lu, yep, bit of a meat market (i.e. some old Western dudes picking up cute Chinese girls, depressingly, with success) but there was a promotion on and a free bottle of wine for the birthday girl, so....what you gonna do? So a g ... 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