by cristinemp@comcast.net | Mar 20, 2016 | Asia, Musings, Travel
Back Tracking a Moment to Where I’ve Been and Setting the Stage for the West Let me take just a moment to give you some sense of where I am and where I have been. Let’s draw a mental map juxtaposing the U.S. and China. China and the U.S. are similar in continental...
by cristinemp@comcast.net | Feb 23, 2016 | Asia, Musings, Travel
The Silk Road The ancient Silk Road connected China to the Mediterranean via mostly camel caravan. It was yesteryear’s internet and eBay, all rolled into one. Just as there was no one Great Wall, there was also no single Silk Road, but rather a series of routes over...
by cristinemp@comcast.net | Feb 23, 2016 | Asia
Back Tracking a Moment to Where I’ve Been and Setting the Stage for the West Let me take just a moment to give you some sense of where I am and where I have been. Let’s draw a mental map juxtaposing the U.S. and China. China and the U.S. are similar in continental...
