two friends lighting incense and candles

afternoon trip to Qingyang Taoist temple

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November 25th 2006
Wow it is totally freezing in my room as I type this, even though I have the heater next to me....as my right hand is doing most of the work, using the mouse, it's freezing while the left hand is warm....how odd.... Anyway we got paid on Friday, so we celebrated by going out to a Western restaurant, one we hadn't tried before called 'The Red Brick' which is an Italian on Kehua Bei Lu, next to ' ... 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