Ming Vase, Shanghai Musuem

What luck!

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August 10th 2005
I told my boss I'd be gone for two weeks. Already entitled to a week off for Obon, I registered for a further five days off. In fact, I was gone for four weeks. "Have you seen, Kevin," my boss asked my colleagues. As agreed, they quickly changed the topic or quickly exited the room, feigning a small bladder or a school visit. Funny enough, when I went to catch my return flight, it was cancelled du ... 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