Fuzi Miao - Temple of Confucius at night

Nanjing

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May 30th 2007
Hello! So the last two days have been spent really focusing on class. The amount that we are learning about China and the culture here is truly amazing. To be honest, as much as I could have read a lot about China in the US you really have to be here to "get" the culture and I have to say that I am slowly beginning to understand why China makes many of the social and political decisions that it d ... read more

Asia » China » Jiangsu » Nanjing

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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