Life in Xiamen during a typhoon Photo 13

Life in Xiamen during a typhoon

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September 1st 2011
Ni hao. I have awoken very early this morning. Seems my body is not to be fooled. It knows that way back home, in the province of Manitoba, it is actually 9 in the evening, and why are you sleeping, dammit? LOL I am writing as I sit in my balconyish type alcove off my bedroom. It is a large window with an amazingly large ledge and I have it open to the early morning air. There are insects ... 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