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Apartment Hunting in Beijing

September 9th 2011
I was apartment hunting from when I arrived. My work colleague recommended a young woman agent, Ivy, and it was great to have her. I couldn’t imagine doing the search on my own, but I guess there are ads in English-language newspapers for Westerners. I’ve been reading “Beijing for Beginners”, a book by Gary Finnegan, an Irish journalist who taught English here for a year, just before the ... read more
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Chinese Flag 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
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