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The Princess Starts a Girls' School
In this school she had a regular system of rules, which did not tally with the undisciplined methods of the Mongolians, and it was amusing to hear her tell how it was often necessary for the Prince to go about in the morning and wake up the girls in order to get them into school at nine o'clock.
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Trump's Top Ten
We’ll give you the top ten, because let’s face it, you’ll never be able to say, "I know the Chinese. I've made a lot of money with the Chinese. I understand the Chinese mind." At least not with a straight face, puckered lips, and a penetrating stare.
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Between Worlds
"The blood of your father has ruined you both. This is why I can buy you for such a low price, but that doesn’t mean I’m willing to lose my goods so easily.”
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My Morning Bike Ride
I belong here, in the shabby run-down past. I like old stuff.
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Thieves and Shopkeeps, True Chinese Individuals
In China, especially among the middle-aged, fashion is quite often recoded to promote a collectivist, not individualist, ethos.
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Sullivan
He was an Irish sailor. He deserted his ship at Hong-Kong and took it into his head to walk across China.
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The End of the World
Actually four and a half months were to pass before we returned to Khotan; and part of this expedition became a veritable Crusoe romance.
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Of Cesspools, Face, and Democracy
I venture to think that the cesspool is more necessary to democracy than parliamentary institutions.
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Jack London: China Futurist
In 1910, Jack London wrote this short story about the late-20th-century invasion of China.It was in the year 1976 that the trouble between the world and China reached its culmination.
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Old Outsiders
The author, in 1896, hidden among other Yangtze boat passengers. The passage through the thronged streets took nearly an hour, but all was quiet. I was not allowed to go to an inn, but was most kindly received at the Church Mission House,
