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New year in a cool place... literally

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January 1st 2013
Happy New Year everyone! Ok, so Christmas and New Year's has come and gone, both in their special way. I certainly didn't spend them in a traditional way, but they also weren't spent angsting over what I couldn't do or who I couldn't see. For Christmas, I actually spent that day and the days before struggling though various blackouts of electricity and, of course, no water. Hav ... 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