Empress for a day

Beijing for a weekend

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June 5th 2007
Hi everyone! So I'm back in Nanjing after a fantastic weekend in Beijing. A group of six of us went on Friday night after class and returned Monday morning. I've made a pretty good group of friends here, people who prior to this trip I did not know but living in close quarters, spending five hours in class together means we've come to know each other quite well by now. Friday night we arrived ... read more

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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