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East vs West: An Essay on Cultural Differences

by Yuan Changming During the great flood Noah hid himself in the ark                                While Dayu tried to contain it                                With his bare hands    Prometheus stole fire  From Olympian gods                               While Sui Ren got it                               By drilling wood hard  Smart Daedalus crafted wings  To fly away from his prison-tower                                While Old Fool removed the whole                                Mountain blocking his way …

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The Old Man in Beijing: A Christmas Carol

by CG Fewston The old man stood in the haze of China’s greatest city with two certainties on his mind: one, the haze (caused by contaminants, such as Sulphur dioxide, from Beijing’s industrial district) warmed the December day and the good earth to a magnitude when snow must retreat from…

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