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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.
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October 28th 2009 Asia » China » Yunnan » Kunming
This was our only full day in Kunming as we fly in yesterday afternoon and fly out early tomorrow morning for Lijiang. On today’s itinerary is approximately 2 hour bus ride to the famous St ... 17 photos [full story]
This was our only full day in Kunming as we fly in yesterday afternoon and fly out early tomorrow morning for Lijiang. On today’s itinerary is approximately 2 hour bus ride to the famous St ... 17 photos [full story]
October 31st 2009 Asia » China » Yunnan » Kunming
Chinese people really like Halloween. And although they have their own (Chinese) version of this "holiday", they still like to celebrate the American one. And like many Europeans, they just treat this ... 27 photos [full story]
Chinese people really like Halloween. And although they have their own (Chinese) version of this "holiday", they still like to celebrate the American one. And like many Europeans, they just treat this ... 27 photos [full story]
November 1st 2009 Asia » China » Yunnan » Kunming
Everyone has heard of China's legendary focus on education as a measure of success. So when I got the opportunity to visit a class of Chinese students, I decided to check out whether the Chinese educa ... 2 photos [full story]
Everyone has heard of China's legendary focus on education as a measure of success. So when I got the opportunity to visit a class of Chinese students, I decided to check out whether the Chinese educa ... 2 photos [full story]
November 1st 2009 Asia » China » Yunnan » Kunming
Seit heute morgen bin ich in Dali, mal wieder mit dem Nachtzug. Diesmal dauerte es aber nur angenehme 8 Stunden, d.h. man ging abends in Kunming ins Bett und stand morgens in Dali wieder auf. Da ich a ... 75 photos [full story]
Seit heute morgen bin ich in Dali, mal wieder mit dem Nachtzug. Diesmal dauerte es aber nur angenehme 8 Stunden, d.h. man ging abends in Kunming ins Bett und stand morgens in Dali wieder auf. Da ich a ... 75 photos [full story]
October 30th 2009 Asia » China » Yunnan » Kunming
Nachdem die Sache mit dem Konsulat erledigt war, hatte ich genügend Zeit, zu dem Treffpunkt zu fahren,an dem ich mich mit Ludvig, einem Couchsurfer aus Schweden, verabredet hatte. Schon am Abend zuvor ... [full story]
Nachdem die Sache mit dem Konsulat erledigt war, hatte ich genügend Zeit, zu dem Treffpunkt zu fahren,an dem ich mich mit Ludvig, einem Couchsurfer aus Schweden, verabredet hatte. Schon am Abend zuvor ... [full story]
October 30th 2009 Asia » China » Yunnan » Kunming
Seit ein paar Tagen habe ich keinen Pass mehr. Keine Sorge, das war geplant und ist nur vorübergehend. Ich war nämlich gleich morgens im vietnamesischen Konsulat in Kunming,um mein Visum zu beantragen ... [full story]
Seit ein paar Tagen habe ich keinen Pass mehr. Keine Sorge, das war geplant und ist nur vorübergehend. Ich war nämlich gleich morgens im vietnamesischen Konsulat in Kunming,um mein Visum zu beantragen ... [full story]
October 11th 2009 Asia » China » Yunnan » Kunming
hese seven simple words put the current situation into perspective. The situation I speak of is arriving into a music disco with men, women, dancing, beer, all your normal pawns in a crazy game of Sat ... 5 photos [full story]
hese seven simple words put the current situation into perspective. The situation I speak of is arriving into a music disco with men, women, dancing, beer, all your normal pawns in a crazy game of Sat ... 5 photos [full story]
October 23rd 2009 Asia » China » Yunnan » Kunming
Living in China always presents opportunities to explore and new discoveries that surprise me. Why, just the other day I discovered that chicken feet at Walmart cost more than twice as much as chicken ... 5 photos [full story]
Living in China always presents opportunities to explore and new discoveries that surprise me. Why, just the other day I discovered that chicken feet at Walmart cost more than twice as much as chicken ... 5 photos [full story]
October 22nd 2009 Asia » China » Yunnan » Kunming
Good morning everyone and once again thank you so much for your comments on yesterdays blog especially Georgia and Alex. to answer your question Alex it took us a whole days driving to get from lijian ... 9 photos [full story]
Good morning everyone and once again thank you so much for your comments on yesterdays blog especially Georgia and Alex. to answer your question Alex it took us a whole days driving to get from lijian ... 9 photos [full story]
October 16th 2009 Asia » China » Yunnan » Kunming
I think I messed up the day numbers in the past two posts... oh well. Day 30 we were in the stone forest. We took a city bus from Dali (ancient town) to Dali City (xinguan? i think), and then anoth ... [full story]
I think I messed up the day numbers in the past two posts... oh well. Day 30 we were in the stone forest. We took a city bus from Dali (ancient town) to Dali City (xinguan? i think), and then anoth ... [full story]
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