study abroad – Canadian Dragonfly

A Brief Visit to Zhangye, Silk Road Town

2009/12/212016/11/08 Prof Ron China, Dafo Si, English teaching, Gansu, Great Buddha, Hexi Corridor, Marco Polo, photography, Silk Road, study abroad, tourism, Travel, Zhangye

I have a fascination with historical contact points between China and the West. So, when I learned that a visiting

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Remembering Dr. Sun Yat-sen

2009/11/22 Prof Ron China, history, Jiangsu, memorial, Nanjing, photography, Republic of China, sarcophagus, students, study abroad, Sun Yat-sen, Sun Zhongshan, Travel

I was first introduced to Sun Zhongshan, as he is affectionately known in China…. Dr Sun Yat-sen… Here in Nanjing this grand memorial stretches up the mountainside… he is credited with the overthrow of the last emperor of China in 1911, and the installation of the first democratic republic in all of Asia.

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First Thoughts…

2009/11/12 Prof Ron China, culture, friendship, photography, professor, students, study abroad, tourism, Travel

I’ve been to China five times in the past three years…. I’ve had good Chinese friends for almost 20 years…. By the time I finally chose to venture overseas to visit these friends and former tenants, we had dozens of potential contacts in various locations throughout China….