Lounge room

Our first two weeks at the school.

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February 14th 2005
The school had allocated a teacher to act as our support teacher and translator. His Chinese name translates to Champion and I had already spoken to him via phone from Australia. He is a Grade 3 English teacher, 33 years old, married with a young daughter. Champion collected us in Wuhan and after packing all all suitcases into the minibus we left the city late in the afternoon and began the two ho ... read more

Asia » China » Hubei

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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