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Poked and prodded at the quarantine clinic  
   

Poked and prodded at the quarantine clinic

Not surprisingly, they were incredibly efficient. My blood pressure was taken by a machine like the ones in the drug stores in the U.S. The EKG tech was a very business-like young woman who gestured for me to pull my clothes out of the way so she could attach the electrodes and nearly had a heart attack when I went a little too far. Chinese women are not very well-endowed so I must have been quite an experience for her. Tee Hee
Destination: Shantou, Guangdong Province, China

August 21st 2005
For those of you that don’t know, I have just arrived in the Peoples Republic of China where I will be teaching English at Shantou University in Guangdong province. I’ll be here for at least a year. The cross-country flight was a piece of cake but the Cathay Pacific flight from LA to Hong Kong was steerage. Do not fly unless you can upgrade or can drink heavily before boarding. I did the ... read more
Asia » China » Guangdong » Shantou

Chinese Flag 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
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