In October, 2014, I attended the 100th anniversary celebration of the Xi'an YMCA. I had been involved with the Xi'an YMCA since 2002, when I helped arrange for two college students to come during that summer to conduct English classes arranged by the 'Y.' The celebration included a tour of an architectural museum made up of ancient structures moved to Xi'an and reassembled into a touring park.
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