At Starbucks!

Visiting Yuanding in Chengdu

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July 22nd 2012
I arrived in Chengdu on Saturday night, July 21. I forgot my laptop at security in the Urumqi airport. I only realized that it was missing once I boarded the plane. By that time, it was too late to go back and get it. Fortunately, I got the cell phone number of someone right there who worked at the Urumqi airport, so I was able to keep in touch with him about finding my laptop. Yuanding and her ... read more

Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu

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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