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August 30th 2011
I had a busy, but great two week. My roomie Austin left (sobs) but then I had friends from my chinese class coming here, and my sister, mum and cousin with husband. So besides shool, I've had helped with shopping. I don't usually like shopping, but here it's even worse in the markets since you ought to bargain. In chinese. It's ok if you have patience, which I don't. But I see ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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