Hot days Photo 2

Hot days

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August 27th 2011
I cannot wait until it gets cold! It’s the second day in Hangzhou, and it is too hot! We can actually see the sky today (it’s been overcast or smoggy) but that only makes the sun hotter. We don’t have the luxury of air conditioning as in the United States either. Our rooms have air conditioners, but we’re only allowed 60 kilowatts of power per month, and running the air conditioner constan ... 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