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Goodbye Sydney, Farewell UNSW

I'm writing from my office at UNSW in Sydney, where I've spent the last week or so packing and taking care of loose ends before heading back to Shanghai this weekend, this time for good. The unseasonably cold weather of the previous week has given way to... ...full story at Shanghai Journal

from Shanghai Journal on Wed, Feb 20 2008

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