China is most definitely no longer Communist, in any way or form that I've seen, it is instead a blossoming, highly controlled free-market. It's sad to me that a majority of Americans, in their ignorance, still view or perceive China as a Communist country, those days are truly long gone. My intensive language study is most definitely the hardest academic task I've undertake. We learn approximately thirty new characters every three days, I study for about ten hours a day outside of class. So I have been very busy.
Time goes by fairly quick.
I wake up quarter to seven, then before I know it, it's 11 P.M. and time to sleep. Regardless, I've gotten out to see the sights, and have enough time on weekends to mingle with the locals. Very nice people. Hey, sorry I didn't get back to you sooner, been really busy doing research, and finally got some time today to check the mail. Had kind of a tense last week.