My Birthday cake

Happy Birthday HZ style

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June 15th 2011
Today I turned 41 in China.... The HZ employees surprised me with a very nice cake, Happy Birthday in English and in Chinese 😊 ... Then my old class of 20 gave me a nice card and my new class of 20 new hires got me a card too. Then for some reason they all wanted their picture with me and hugs- I just went with it. Graham, Erich, Li, Grace, Peter, Lisa, John and I were going to go to ... read more

Asia » China » Hangzhou

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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