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A Year in Reflection

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December 27th 2013
I'm not sure whether you'll find it as hard to believe as I do, but a year ago - on December 28, 2012 - I arrived in Hangzhou. This year came to a tumultuous close, ripe with insane new schedules, projects, personal strife and triumph alike, homesickness, future plans and, generally, the most difficult month I've faced to date. The great thing about writing about all of these thi ... 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