A quiet corner.

Imagination is quite different from reality.

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November 19th 2011
Instead of squeezing at the bar street, La Vie Bar nicely located in a very quiet alley by the running river! I was attracted by the live guitar play. " Just about the same after few months here! " the owner who came from Xi'an expressed in a disappointing tone about his intent finding a new challenge in life! Oh, a big hit into my mind as similar thought flourishing lately in my mind. Ha! My ... 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