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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By shannonperth | Views [185] | Scholarship Entry
He was the first to greet us after the long journey and initially seemed confused as to why two westerners were in his village. Nonetheless he welcomed us and mustered a massive ear to ear grin. I could not help but stare at the deep lines on his face, ... Read more >
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By travelingnash | Views [152] | Scholarship Entry
I was hundreds of feet above where I had started, less than an hour into my great climb and surrounded by lush Chinese hills and mountains. Thankfully, the day was still early, a necessary mercy when climbing at the end of summer. Yet, no mercy or beauty ... Read more >
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By angdiwangmalaya | Views [469] | Scholarship Entry
I could sense her watching me as I looked around the store – a 5x8-ft space in a stretch of shops separated by blankets. It was past 7:00 pm, yet the place was alive, humming an orchestra of voices, footsteps, sizzling fryers, and whirring fans. The air ... Read more >
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By andreabras | Views [222] | Scholarship Entry
Lock Nim leans against the brick wall with his white tank top rolled above his stomach, trying to catch a breeze. A cigarette rests between his fingers and smoke snakes through the air as he points to me and begins to speak. The group around me erupts ... Read more >
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By avenix | Views [337] | Scholarship Entry
When in Rome, trust no one. Never have I thought that knowing how to speak Mandarin in China would be a disadvantage. I also didn’t think that starting a friendly chat with a petite local would turn out for the worst. It’s 8pm and here I was making a ... Read more >
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By sensorytravels | Views [295] | Scholarship Entry
We ventured into the banquet hall of East Market Restaurant on East Broadway, a grand venue for a delectable Sunday dim sum brunch. It was my first time eating in New York City’s China Town and I was intrigued by the city’s culinary streets that never ... Read more >
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By cecilia | Views [139] | Scholarship Entry
It was five o’clock in the afternoon in summer of 2010. The sun unreservedly slanted into beams of glimmering reds overlooking Shanghai’s city smog. My Chinese cousin or older sister as I would call her, spontaneously signed us up for some urban tourism ... Read more >
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By taohexi | Views [255] | Scholarship Entry
The curiosity imbued in youthfulness allows one to more easily acquire the taste and appreciation for a new culture’s cuisine. I was an inquisitive 21 year old the summer of 1997, I joined a tour trip to China, with 12 foreign language professors and ... Read more >
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By youthlagoons | Views [143] | Scholarship Entry
A walk without a goal, an endless journey. The next step was all that mattered, getting a little bit further up the mountain. When we finally stopped and looked around, it was like we walked on another planet, it looked like Pandora! Grass and trees ... Read more >
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By avalonchild1988 | Views [203] | Scholarship Entry
As soon as I entered the train I was sure I’d made a mistake. Outside, it was a freezing -15°C and during my trip to Luoyang I’d repeatedly cursed the biting winds that make Northern China’s winters almost unbearable. But in here the temperature was ... Read more >
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By cmk | Views [199] | Scholarship Entry
Even though Liu Li was an ayi – the Chinese word for aunt, which is also used for domestic helpers – there was nothing auntly, let along great-auntly about her. A small, but energetic 20-year-old, she sported tight white jeans, a rhinestone T-shirt, stiletto ... Read more >
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Wed, 17 Apr 2013 | By col_n_sue | Views [402] | Comments [2]
Today was magnificent, rafting down the river near Yangshuo, though I think our photos will not present the landscape well, because it was foggy (not smoggy) for most of the day. But the place is constantly surprising, with huge mounds popping ... Read more >
Wed, 17 Apr 2013 | By zoecroom | Views [193] | Scholarship Entry
With shaking knees and clammy hands we stand on the edge, staring into the Nu River. We have spent four days trekking to the Tibetan village behind us. We have climbed a 4000 metre mountain, crossed landslides, slid on our bums down a glacier, slept on ... Read more >
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Wed, 17 Apr 2013 | By benchafe | Views [239] | Scholarship Entry
It was July when I first stepped onto the streets of Shanghai. It was hot, crowded, loud and disorganized. Having intended to take in the city at ground level, I soon found that “taking in” Shanghai meant dodging throngs of people and mopeds speeding ... Read more >
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Wed, 17 Apr 2013 | By sharbo | Views [209] | Scholarship Entry
A warm breeze greeted me as I stepped out of the car on a beachfront along the coast of Weihai, a city of little significance to the typical tourist but of great significance to me. Following my grandma’s death, my visit was an attempt to hang onto what ... Read more >
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