Dapeng Ancient City

Dapeng #1: Looking Around

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October 1st 2022
National Day holiday, seven days off work, something I have been looking forward to a lot. To make life easier, I decided to stay in Shenzhen, but go to Dapeng, which is pretty far east. This city just sprawls and sprawls. It would take me about two and a half hours to get there, plus I thought it would take longer due to the terrible holiday traffic. First it was the subway, which I thought would ... read more

Asia » China » Guangdong » Shenzhen

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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