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Southbound Train Leaving Beijing

48 hours in a sleeper car is a very.  long.  time.I’m on a two-day long train ride headed south from Beijing to Yunnan Province.  It’s a huge trip, two weeks in Southern China...

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Chinese (updated)

A shy junior boy silently slips into room 206, staring at the floor, avoiding others’ gazes as he does. He is immediately taken aback by the state of the room. As if occupied by feuding siblings,...

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China 2010

 Hello, my name is Ramdat Singh and I am currently a 11th grader. I was very grateful for the opportunity to travel to China alongside Angel Acosta, Ashley Williams, Bonnie Maldonado, Kevin Montalvo,...

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If I went to the Yellow River…

The historic Yellow River, considered by many to be the center of Chinese civilization and spiritual life has been the object of countless poets, writers, painters, and song writers for hundreds of...

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Exploring a new continent in exchange for helping some fragile infants and toddlers

In the summer of 2007 I was offered the opportunity to...

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Exploring The Other Side Of The Great Wall Of China

Avoid the tourist hordes by climbing the Great Wall with this family and their private Chinese guide, for an insider's look at one of the 7 New Wonders of the World.When we first heard about...

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Sanya, Forever Tropical

Sanya City is located at the southern most tip of Hainan Island and to the east of Vietnam. Sanya City is the second largest city on Hainan Island covering an area of 1.919 sq.m with a population of...

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Family Touring In Mongolia, China

Far away from Starbucks, shopping malls, and luxury resorts lies a vast land untouched by time, where nomads travel by camel and live in felt tents.Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem “Kubla...

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Adventures Through the Great Classroom Of China

How much does the average kid learn in 80 minutes in a classroom? If they aren't sending text messages under the desk, they might learn a poem, learn to use their knees when shooting hoops, or figure...

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