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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: Hangzhou and Heaven on Earth, the West Lake
Date: April 14th 2007
Saturday, 14 April, 19.00: As I write, I’m sitting in my 4-person soft sleeper compartment in Beijing, having successfully negotiated bike, taxi, train and now another train today. As I wrote last night, my plan was to bike around West Lake today. In order to do that, I had to get up bright and early (not my favorite thing to do), have breakfast (also not my favorite thing to do) to provide ... read more
Date: April 14th 2007
Saturday, 14 April, 19.00: As I write, I’m sitting in my 4-person soft sleeper compartment in Beijing, having successfully negotiated bike, taxi, train and now another train today. As I wrote last night, my plan was to bike around West Lake today. In order to do that, I had to get up bright and early (not my favorite thing to do), have breakfast (also not my favorite thing to do) to provide ... read more
