Bell tower

Xian

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March 19th 2007
It must be a rule that the second week of the semester I have to get sick. Wednesday /Thursday I came down with food poisoning and could not teach I laid on the sofa feeling like I had been run over by a truck. Since the guy who I ate with also called to say that he was puking his guts out we are positive we ate something bad. But because I was leaving the next day for Xian I made myself feel bet ... 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