I had the good fortune to be a delegate on ACYPL’s 30th Anniversary delegation to China in 2009, and two additional delegations in 1988 and 1999. All were...
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Being in Beijing so close to the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests on June 4, 1989 was interesting to say the least. I was watching CNN International on the...
While on the long flight home from an amazing two-week journey in Japan, I repeatedly asked myself, “What should I do with the immeasurable gifts of friendship, experiences...
I was going to write this post while I was in Japan with my fellow veterans, but I purposefully avoided email and news from home, and did not...
Even though we think of ourselves as a “young organization” because we work with a youthful and energetic crowd, we’ve been around as an organization for a while....
Our ACYPL delegation spent approximately 10 days in mainland China and then five days in Taiwan. That itinerary presents many contrasts. In China, the Communist elevation of the...
Today’s post comes from China/Taiwan 2012 delegate Sreenu Dandamudi. Currently, they’re in Taipei, but he wrote this a few days back when they were still in Ningbo, China....
And here’s what he had to say: It’s been 5 full days since we’ve arrived in China. So much has happened that it’s hard to put it all...
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