Where I will be living

Going to Zhangjiagang

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September 1st 2006
On Monday I depart for what appears to be a relatively unknown Port city called Zhangjiagang, located on the southern banks of the Yangtze River 77 miles or so North West of Shanghai. There I will be teaching English for one year for a company called English First who operate all over the world. I don't know very much about the city at the moment, but it sounds like a very pleasant city and I ... read more

Asia » China » Jiangsu » Zhangjiagang

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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