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Remembrance Day in Canada: 11-11

2016/11/112022/11/10 Prof Ron Canada, Canadian, celebration, Flanders, history, hope, McCrae, poppies, Remembrance Day, war

I just learned yesterday that the 11th of November is popularly known as Single’s Day in China. Much is made

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Discovering Lin Zexu in Red Hill Park

2009/11/152017/10/09 Prof Ron British, Canton, China, colonial, Guangzhou, history, Lin Zexu, opium, Opium War, Red Hill, tourism, Travel, Urumqi, war, Xinjiang

One Sunday afternoon I was exploring Red Hill Park with friends in Urumqi…. a statue to commemorate Lin Zexu…. Only later did I learn the significance of this man, and the fact that students throughout China learn of him as a hero of recent Chinese history…. What most Chinese do not understand… Lin Zexu is honoured for his stand against the drug trade… also today in New York City!!