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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: Kim Jong-Illin'
Date: June 29th 2007
After staying two days in Jilin City (story to be written soon), we decided to hop a bus to nearby Yanji, capital of China's Korean Autonomous Region. Tucked up between Russia and our true motive for going, North Korea, we figured it would be an off the beaten path-type of escape. Almost true... Turns out Yanji is actually a pretty lively city. Much cleaner and newer looking than Beijing, the a ... read more
Date: June 29th 2007
After staying two days in Jilin City (story to be written soon), we decided to hop a bus to nearby Yanji, capital of China's Korean Autonomous Region. Tucked up between Russia and our true motive for going, North Korea, we figured it would be an off the beaten path-type of escape. Almost true... Turns out Yanji is actually a pretty lively city. Much cleaner and newer looking than Beijing, the a ... read more
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