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Dunhuang on the Silk Road

Dunhuang is a particularly important city and surrounding area on the Silk Road.  One of our visits was to Crescent...

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Jiayuguan on the Silk Road

I saw some of the most spectacular landscape in this area.  The Qilian Mountains, a range that went up to...

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Zhangye on the Silk Road

The large Buddhist temple in Zhangye was very interesting.  There was a museum behind it and then a wooden pagoda. ...

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Xining on the Silk Road

The Kumbum Monastery was a very interesting place to visit; despite the rain and the fact that we could not...

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Tanshui – along the Silk Road

Tanshui is not a remarkable city, but nearby we saw one of the remarkable Buddhist grottos – the Maiji Shan...

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Xi’an – Day 3 last day in this city

We visited the new DAO Gallery, owned by our fearless leader Ichi Hsu.  It is a lovely gallery space.  The...

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Xi’an – Day 2 on the Silk Road

Our second day brought us to the It had amazing stone carvings of calligraphy and statues of Buddhas. We saw...

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Xi’an – the start of the Silk Road Tour

Of course, we had to see the Terra Cotta Soldiers in Xi’an.  This was a repeat for me, but there...

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Design work at Zibo

I traveled to Zibo, Shandong Province, from Shanghai on the high-speed rail train on Sunday.  It took only 5 hours...

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Lecture at the American Center in Shanghai

It was a privilege to lecture on my work at the American Center on the campus of the University of...

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