Salad with Shrimp

Hospitality Chinese Style

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March 8th 2007
When we last blogged, we had no idea what was in store for us as we went to Qingdao to order our pipe-making machine. We were met at the airport by the Managing Director and interpreter and the most amazing time of Chinese hospitality that seemed to never stop. We arrived at 3:00 in the afternoon. They found that we had booked a hotel and promptly cancelled that since they had a special room for ... 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