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It's a mystery. How did the ancient Chinese river dwellers hoist caskets up to caves in to face of the sheer cliffs using the technology available 3000 years ago?

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A River Runs Through It

May 2nd 2007
There are several “must sees” on our China travel list, so we decided to use our May holiday break to visit one of them: the mighty Yangtze River. Spanning the distance from Tibet to Shanghai, the Yangtze is wide, rugged, polluted, and flanked by spectacular scenery and a cross section of many Chinese lifestyles. Our cruise vessel: the Victoria Katarina. A comfie little river cruiser complete ... read more

Asia » China » Yunnan » Yangtze River

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

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