P1020617

Mum and Dad visiting and delivering a comedy speech in Chinese

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May 12th 2011
No, that title doesn't mean mum and dad were delivering comedy in Chinese. Although they were receiving a few laughs whilst out here, such as from our host one night watching Dad trying to eat a crab with chopsticks, or from the tea shop owners who ripped them off in Beijing. In fact the speech was delivered by me in a charity show in the university the same week, which I will describe later ... read more

Asia » China » Hainan » Haikou

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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