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Final Impressions of Jinan & China

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December 13th 2012
I’m hoping this will be my last blog from Jinan as my flight is due out tomorrow morning at 8am. However there is a forecast for snow overnight so let’s hope roads and airports remain open. So these are the things that are on my mind after living and working here for 10 weeks: There is an obsession with keeping the roads swept with an army of people out there with their brooms, dust ... 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