The train to Qingdao

Contemptible acts of generosity

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October 10th 2011
Photos: …..I'm in a huge reception room at the Yangzhou guesthouse, really a collection of conference rooms, reception halls & restaurants. There is a low but very wide, flower bedecked stage along one wall, with a catwalk that extends through almost the length of the room, between tall pillars of a ... 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