Weifang and I catching bubbles

Week 5- Hangzhou

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April 3rd 2011
Hello again friends! It was yet another busy week here in China. On Sunday, I went with my friends Weifang, Liyang, and Haizhen to Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province. We had to get up VERY early in the morning (I was up at 4:45!) in order to catch the 6:00 train out of Jinhua. It was about a 2 1/2 hour train ride to get to the city. Once we arrived, Liyang's brother-in-law picked us up at ... 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