简介:<正>WhatdidIknowabout5,000yearsofChinesehistorywhenIlandedatPeking?Well,IknewtheGreatWallwasveryoldandtheSilkRoadmysterious.I’dheardofGenghisandKublaiKhan,andMarcoPolo,ItalianguesttotheImperialcourt.MycuriositywasarousedbyPekingMan.IhaddifficultyconnectingPekingandBeijing,MaoTseTungandMaoZedong,KuomintangandCommunism,CantoneseandPinyin.Mr.Turner,myGrade11Historyteacher