Here I go again. China! Wee!

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So, it happened exactly as it was supposed to happen. I learned Mandarin so that I could get a good job. And I got a great job! Two in fact. After interning for U.S.-China trade consulting company, LTI Associates, they hired me full-time for two years. After that, I transitioned to study abroad company, CET Academic Programs, to be their China Programs Manager. Both positions include lots of travel to China. While based in Washington, DC, I travel there regularly, and this blog chronicles these trips and additional trips taken from China while there for work. The goal is to be back and forth between China and the States regularly forever. Updates will ensue.

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  Busting Out in Beijing   Beijing, China on Jul 30, 2007 19 pictures 1 comment
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  Ancient Beijing, Modern Beijing   Beijing, China on Aug 3, 2007 26 pictures 0 comments
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  Bad Air Day in Beijing   Beijing, China on Aug 4, 2007 24 pictures 5 comments
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  Escape to the Summer Palace   Beijing, China on Aug 7, 2007 36 pictures 1 comment
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  A New Apartment, a Mask, and 1 Million Less Cars   Beijing, China on Aug 10, 2007 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Bad News...Unreliable, That is   Beijing, China, China on Aug 10, 2007 0 pictures 2 comments
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  Lions and Tigers and Panda Bears, Oh My!   Beijing, China on Aug 14, 2007 22 pictures 0 comments
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  A Quiet Thursday in Beijing   Beijing, China on Aug 16, 2007 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Testing, Testing?   Beijing, China on Aug 20, 2007 21 pictures 0 comments
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  They Are Ready!   Beijing, China on Aug 27, 2007 14 pictures 1 comment
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  Goodbye Beijing   Beijing, China on Aug 30, 2007 10 pictures 0 comments
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  Back So Soon!   Beijing, China on Feb 9, 2008 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Great Wall at SiMaTai   Beijing, China on Mar 9, 2008 28 pictures 0 comments
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  Major League Baseball in Beijing   Beijing, China on Mar 17, 2008 13 pictures 0 comments
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  Hong Kong During Rugby Sevens   Hong Kong, Hong Kong on Mar 29, 2008 5 pictures 1 comment
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  Singapore Sling   Singapore, Singapore on Apr 7, 2008 31 pictures 0 comments
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  Two Spring Weekends in Beijing   Beijing, China on Apr 13, 2008 21 pictures 0 comments
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  The Beach at Beidaihe   Beidaihe, China on Sep 14, 2008 48 pictures 2 comments
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  Confessions of an Olympic Naysayer   Beijing, China on Sep 16, 2008 32 pictures 0 comments
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  The Train from Beijing to Chengde   Chengde, China on Mar 15, 2009 35 pictures 0 comments
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  Qing Dynasty Summer Mountain Resort   Chengde, China on Mar 15, 2009 67 pictures 0 comments
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  Pu Ning Temple   Chengde, China on Mar 15, 2009 31 pictures 0 comments
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  Pu Tuo Zong Temple   Chengde, China on Mar 19, 2009 40 pictures 1 comment
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  Two and a Half Days in Qingdao   Qingdao, China on Aug 10, 2009 90 pictures 2 comments
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  Two and a Half Days in Sanya   Sanya, China on Aug 13, 2009 29 pictures 2 comments
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  One Afternoon in Macau   Macau, China on Sep 5, 2009 77 pictures 2 comments
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  Kunming: Calm, Cool, and Collected   Kunming, China on Mar 10, 2010 25 pictures 8 comments
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  Can't See the Forest for the Karsts   Shilin, China on Mar 12, 2010 42 pictures 3 comments
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  Twenty-four Hours in Harbin   Harbin, China on Mar 19, 2010 13 pictures 2 comments
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  Chaperoning the Junior Statesmen   Beijing, China on Jul 1, 2010 42 pictures 1 comment
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  Intro to Thailand - Four Days in Phuket   Phuket, Thailand on Jul 26, 2010 46 pictures 0 comments
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  Taking ice and making ice cream   Harbin, China on Feb 21, 2011 13 pictures 1 comment
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  Hot Springs Eternal   Anning, China on Feb 27, 2011 16 pictures 2 comments
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  Chaperoning the Junior Statesmen 2011   Beijing, China on Jul 1, 2011 23 pictures 3 comments
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  No Room at the Intime Hotel   Sanya, China on Jul 25, 2011 51 pictures 1 comment