Tuesday, April 18, 2017

What it's like to flee Cuba by sea--

https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottbeyer/2016/03/01/what-is-it-like-to-escape-cuba-by-raft/#6149e3dc8a0e

At the University of Pennsylvania, I met a woman who did not know her parents, since they sent her as a child on the Pedro Pan Program.

I was almost as desperate when I tried to bring my own children out of Burma, but am glad I did not have to send them off with strangers or "friends."

4-18-2017

Yuan Dynasty and death of Kublai Khan--from wiki

The Yuan dynasty created the "Han Army" (漢軍) out of defected Jin troops and an army of defected Song troops called the "Newly...