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Human powered flight
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=syjq10eqkog#at=26 .
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=syJq10EQkog#at=26
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Having fun in China
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a tourist seems to get carried away with his visit, but his video gives a good overview of modern china.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe4rij0icjw .
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Or, maybe you could even struggle with the language -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBO7pZev7H0
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Having fun in China
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a tourist seems to get carried away with his visit, but his video gives a good overview of modern china.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe4rij0icjw .
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Another thing you may NEVER want to do in China, but sometime you will likely have to":
A. Cross the road in China (Gotta say, from experience, that it sometimes looks terrifying, but it is possible, but there is definitely a technique to it. I now do it with relative confidence)
B. Company dancing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2m67wFlFjI
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Having fun in China
by fulltimestudent in
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a tourist seems to get carried away with his visit, but his video gives a good overview of modern china.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe4rij0icjw .
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Things you may NEVER want to do in China (but then again some may - so here it goes)
1. Bike ride China!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHcpmndXf7U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAUZY5i7ZEs
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Having fun in China
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a tourist seems to get carried away with his visit, but his video gives a good overview of modern china.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe4rij0icjw .
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and, stop to chat a little with women who make a little money making and selling home made pickles.
Clearly, the prosperity of the of other parts of China still has to reach this village.
But Guangxi has other points of interest in modern China. More of that later
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Having fun in China
by fulltimestudent in
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a tourist seems to get carried away with his visit, but his video gives a good overview of modern china.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe4rij0icjw .
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Walking back through the village, we pass this small shrine.
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Having fun in China
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a tourist seems to get carried away with his visit, but his video gives a good overview of modern china.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe4rij0icjw .
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And, you walk a little further, and you're out of the town.
This scene reminds me of a small town on the coast of New South Wales (Australia) where I spent time growing up. I loved swimming in the small lake surrounded by forest, where I used to trap rabbits for pocket money.
Past the boy standing on the bank (to the right) is a small stone building, and past that, there's some bamboo leaning out over the river
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Having fun in China
by fulltimestudent in
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a tourist seems to get carried away with his visit, but his video gives a good overview of modern china.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe4rij0icjw .
fulltimestudent

These old buildings are believed to have been built during the Ming era. People still live in them, but the mood is quite different to city life as seen in the earlier videos
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Having fun in China
by fulltimestudent in
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a tourist seems to get carried away with his visit, but his video gives a good overview of modern china.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe4rij0icjw .
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Yes, Zeb - my youth was wasted on me. I should have paid even more attention to certain basic urges.
And, I agree, they may be state owned, but Chinese newspapers have changed a lot in the last 30 years.
So, maybe (with the help of the Peoples Daily piks) we can go a bit off the the beaten track. Down south to the Chinese province (actually termed an autonomous region- that is, most of the people that live there belong to a recognised ethnic group) of Guangxi. On a map you can see it borders Vietnam, so the same people will straddle the border region. In terms of landscape and life, its a million miles from, say Beijing and the northern peoples that make up modern China.
And in particular we will visit the village of Huangyao. Not clear when this village was settled, but it certainly was in existence in the Ming dynasty (1368-1644 CE).
So let's walk:
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Having Children is 'easy' to do, but should everyone have the right?
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yup!

this is a 'can of worms' topic, and it raises many issues, but i raise the issue because of this little girl:.

her name is tanilla, and this is what happened to her:.
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And another report and video:
http://au.news.yahoo.com/nsw/latest/a/-/latest/17930581/court-papers-reveal-horrific-treatment-of-young-nsw-girl-before-her-death/
The mother was first (I think) charged with murder, but accepted the lesser charge of manslaughter, offered if she pleaded guilty. You may notice the faint smile on her face in court in this second video.
I appreciate that this woman may have had a difficult life herself, but now that difficult life is compounded by this matter.
Maybe we need a universal medication that prevents childbearing, and a antidote that nullifies the affect of the universal medication and permits pregnancy ifwant-to-be parents have demonstrated the maturity neccessary to raise children. (Sort-of joke)