Our First American Meal

Leaving for China

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January 16th 2007
After 17 hours, we finally made it here. I know this is going to be quite an interesting experience. We are residing in Suzhou, which is about 1.5 hours from Shanghai. It has somewhere around 5 million people. Our boss, Joe, came to the airport to pick us up with his driver, Jin, and an administrative worker, Joyce. Jin was a quiet man with small stature dressed in a classy blazer. They picked us ... read more

Asia » China » Jiangsu » Suzhou

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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