Lanterns a Hangin

Home is Where the Jiaozi is

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March 4th 2007
I had a funny feeling in my stomach throughout the day. Not quite nervous bees flying around, but rather a twisting knot that continuously retied itself deep inside my gut. And no, it was not La Duzi. I was simply nervous about the afternoon ahead. Today I was moving from my comfortable room at Youdian Liaoyang Hotel near Peking University to my new home somewhere in Beijing. Not jus ... 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