Night markets

China Day 4

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September 25th 2006
25th September 2006 This was a free day for us, having decided not to overdo things and arrange tours for every other day. We decided to try and find somewhere for breakfast. All we managed to find was a Starbucks inside a shopping centre which wasn’t quite what we had in mind, but showed just how far China had come in embracing the West. We took the advice of one of the ladies we had met on ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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