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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. A... [read more]
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. A... [read more] Blog: Urumqi and Ti'an Xi
Date: March 29th 2007
This is just a quick entry so that you guys can see what we have been up to! After our amazing time on the silk road, it was time to turn east again. The train journey lasted just over 24 hours, and completed our loop around the Taklamakan desert. Once we arrived in Urumqi we had travelled along almost the whole length of the silk road in China, both north and south (apart from a section which is ... read more
Date: March 29th 2007
This is just a quick entry so that you guys can see what we have been up to! After our amazing time on the silk road, it was time to turn east again. The train journey lasted just over 24 hours, and completed our loop around the Taklamakan desert. Once we arrived in Urumqi we had travelled along almost the whole length of the silk road in China, both north and south (apart from a section which is ... read more
