Ben with "Happy Birthday" written in Chinese

Birthday Birthday!

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May 21st 2012
Today was pretty much business as usual, except for the fact that we had a birthday today! A few people went out to one of the cake shops near the school and bought a really nice birthday cake and we had a nice birthday celebration for him. In Chinese culture, birthdays are celebrated by eating noodles so for dinner we went to a place that served noodles (which I was very happy with). You get the ... 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