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约翰·拉贝 – 维基百科,自由的百科全书

May 23rd, 2009

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Just occurred to me that John is “约翰”, so John Rabe is 约翰-拉贝。There’s a Chinese movie about Rabe’s role in saving as many in Nanjing as possible called 《拉贝日记》. In 1997 Rabe’s tombstone was moved from Berlin to Nanjing in honor of The Good Man of Nanking’s work saving many chinese during the Japanese attack on Nanjing.

[From 约翰·拉贝 - 维基百科,自由的百科全书]

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Marco Polo @ National Geographic

May 11th, 2009

Beautifully photographed National Geographic feature on the travels of Marco Polo. If you are trying to be like Marco Polo, just remember that you’re 735 years too late ;-)

Part I: Venice to China
Part II: In China
Part III: Journey Home

The full articles are no longer available online, but worth checking out these issues of NatGeo at your local library.

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