Ancient Naxi Orchestra

Peace, Privacy and Pandas

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April 5th 2007
Xi'an to Lijiang One billion people is a lot of people, 1.3 billion a lot more, but 1.3 billion still underestimates China's population by around twenty times the population of New Zealand. With this many people knocking about most places tend to be pretty busy most of the time, therefore, for each person to be heard they have to talk louder than the next person, who is currently talkin ... read more

Asia » China

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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