Enjoying their brews

Shanghai International (Half) Marathon

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December 4th 2011
This week wasn’t too eventful. Miss Li got me a job a couple weeks ago on campus. The Chinese students taking English classes take listening tests just like our Chinese listening tests, and they needed someone to record the passages and questions. I’ve gone four times and it’s pretty cool. Another guy and I sit in a recording studio and read the test for two or three hours at a time, and the ... read more

Asia » China » Hangzhou

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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