statue

This is a character from the "Tale of the Three Kingdoms" which is a pretty famous novel based on chinese history. At least I think this is one of the characters. At this point in the tour I was tired and ready to go take a nap. But I still thought this looked wierd enough that I took a picture.

Chengdu, bad roads, hangovers, clubs and pandas

June 18th 2007
This past weekend I went with my Emory group to Chengdu, which according to wikipedia (For some reason the Chinese government isn’t blocking wikipedia today, which is great for me) is located in Southwest China, and it is the fourth most populated city in China. I had to go to wikipedia to find out exactly where it is because even though I have taken a lot of classes about China I still don’t ... read more

Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu

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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