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Return to Shenzhen and the World

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January 15th 2017
My second view of Shenzhen: After a 45 minute rapid train ride, I was back in Shenzhen but with an alternate purpose for my visit to here. Yes, I was offered a job to teach English in a high school. It was a bit of a nervous time in my life which colored how I saw this city upon my return. I was also displaced into a new part of Shenzhen which was not the technical end point for my long-term st ... 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