Background: For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. After World War II, the Communists under MAO Zedong established an autocratic socialist system that, while ensuring China's sovereignty, imposed strict controls over everyday life and cost the lives of tens of millions of people. After 1978, his successor DENG Xiaoping and other leaders focused on market-oriented economic development and by 2000 output had quadrupled. For much of the population, living standards have improved dramatically and the room for personal choice has expanded, yet political controls remain tight.
July 9th 2008Asia » China » Henan » Luoyang I took a seven hour train ride to Zhenzhou, arriving late, and then a three and a half hour bus-ride to the town of Luoyang.
The next day I was up early to get the public bus out to the Longmen gro ... 6 photos[full story]
June 16th 2008Asia » China » Henan » Luoyang ((After the experience of living in the Hong Kong Temple, I returned to China for 30 days. There I came to two places, very magical and mystical places. Here I want to share, through some poems and ... 15 photos[full story]
June 29th 2008Asia » China » Henan » Luoyang At the beginning of the 2008,my singapore triped in henan and xi an.
Here are some pictures of them.
We began zhengzhou ---kaifeng---luoyang---xian--beijing--singapore. ... [full story]
June 4th 2008Asia » China » Henan » Luoyang We arrived by train on the Tuesday afternoon, then left by train on the Wednesday night, I was too tired then to find anything out, and Im too tired now to write anything.
This is what happened in ... 45 photos[full story]
May 27th 2008Asia » China » Henan » Luoyang Well, we have just spent the day visiting the home of Kong Fu and I am most impressed. We arrived in Shaolin from Luoyang after visiting the Longmen Caves which is one of China's few surviving master ... 4 photos[full story]
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