Typical

Chinese Generosity

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August 15th 2012
I was greatly looking forward to finally making it to Beijing, the capital of China. This was because I would be meeting up with a couple friends of my friend Junting who is from China and went to college in the states. I met Junting when I was studying abroad in Madrid and when I told her I was visiting China, she set me up wonderfully with friends of hers and also staying with her family in her ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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