Anshan, China

Traffic and Vehicles
Apr 24, 2008

... road, when a car or bus approaches a slower vehicle, the driver honks as a warning. Jay-walking is the norm. While we have been in Anshan, we have all been driven. One of our cars got hit in a parking lot, and another car ran up over a tree. A new car had ...

Anshan
Apr 20, 2008

... at the Anshan City Bureau of Education followed by a welcome banquet at a luxurious hotel. Toasts and good will flowed freely. Anshan is a city of 3.5 million with 550,000 students and 40,000 students. The Anshan officials do not hide their desire to learn ...

School Visits Day Two
Apr 22, 2008

... sponsored by the Haicheng Bureau of Education. In attendance were the deputy mayor, and the head of the Bureau of Education, along with Anshan officials. More toasts all around. When I get home, I will be able to post photos. The story is only half told ...

Anshan School Visits
Apr 24, 2008

... a beautiful scroll from a girl named Cherry. Her note said she and her grandfather had painted it. At our next school, Anshan Oriental School, we observed morning exercises. The activity was similar to what we had seen before: students standing in rows ...