Dinner with the homestay families.

The Global Centre

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June 5th 2017
My whole class went to the Global Centre this weekend. We all organized to meet at the entrance of the massive centre. In the shopping centre there is a waterpark and an indoor beach. The entrances have marble floors and pillars of gold. It looks like it cost a hell of a lot of money to build. I was going to get my ears pierced because it’s so cheap, but I didn’t because I made an agreement wi ... read more

Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu

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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