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Shama the #@$&! Tales of Tai An!

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September 10th 2005
Stories to tell, stories to tell. I've been spending the last week with Danny and Molly, two Chinese friends who both used to be students at Omar. Tuesday night I went out with Danny, Molly and Sophia to Danny's favourite hot pot in Jinan. This was a GOOD hot pot! So spicy, and we just had the regular spicy.. not "very spicy" or "super spicy", mostly because Molly is "afraid of the spic ... read more

Asia » China » Shandong

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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