The Tea Drinkers

For (almost) All the Tea in China

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May 2nd 2011
Last night I was treated to another unexpected and unique experience. A few years back on this trip to China, some of the students became friends with a local man who teaches English here. His Chinese name, Xiao Long, sounds very much like “Shalom” and so that is the English name he goes by. He also happened to live in Israel for a few years, so the name stuck I guess. Anyway, most of our grou ... read more

Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu

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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