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Recently, on a wet, blustery day,
Jin met with a group of overseas students from Tianjin
University who had agreed to take time out of their
busy lives and studies, to chat with us.
When we entered the meeting room at Tianjin University,
we were greeted with warm smiling faces. These students
ranged in ages from 19 to 27 years old, one female,
and the rest males. What a diverse...>>More
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A Story Of a Brave Lady
Although she is known as the first native Tianjin policewoman
selected by the United Nations to keep peace in East Timor,
Ms Sun Guixin, does not
want the media to pay special attention to her as she feels
she is just a normal policewoman, doing her job.Sun Guixin,
27 years old, graduated from The People's Public Security University,
majoring in PC Application. Sun worked at the Tianjin Frontier
Inspection Security Station for four years where she and her
colleagues successfully developed a PC data system. ....>>More |
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Our Tibeten Adventure
In August 2002, my family and I finally scheduled and
began our much-anticipated journey to Tibet. The trip
started in Chengdu and, suffice it to say, the pandas
are adorable and the big Buddha is HUGE!!! And, the Sichuan
food is fantastic. Our flight to Lhasa was delayed leaving
Chengdu (by 1 _ hours) but that didn't stop the flight
attendants from serving breakfast while on the ground.
That wouldn't happen where I'm from! What we didn't know
at the time was that these apparent delays (and cancellations)
for ...>>More |
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International Committee for
Chinese Orphans
One child waves; another offers a big, toothy
smile; we are surrounded with hugging, clinging children,
all beaming bright grins in the sunshine. They had been
playing a game with their teacher, but we were the distraction
that drew them awayThe Tianjin Children's Welfare Institute
has a 100-year history and after decades of development,
the institute has become one of Tianjin's model work units
open to foreign visitors......>>More |
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