Monthly Archives: July 2007

Where China fits in history

Posted on July 13, 2007 by Guohua

Narrow-mindedness might be a problem for people who don’t read history. Or, if they do, they might still have a provincial historical world view if their only history-reading experience has been in one single version of history, like history textbooks in Chinese schools. In both cases, they tend to be intolerant of other people who they think are “different”. And, by looking only inwardly, they run the risk of losing the historical threads where their own world fits.

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"Can I take these books home to read?"

Posted on July 5, 2007 by Guohua

I just returned home from a hot two-hour bus trip to Beijing Capital Library, where I handed back an English language history book 36 days overdue and paid 7.2 yuan in overdue fine. This amount equals 72% of the library’s card annual fee.

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Dan Brown's novels

Posted on July 1, 2007 by Guohua

Reading order of his novels: Digital Fortress, Angels and Demons, Deception Point, and The Da Vinci Code

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