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I think this is what people mean when they mean China

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June 20th 2007
So, patchy sleep, a few extra hours over the estimated arrival time as the driver stops to argue over the price of bananas and we are in Guilin, a quick shower and we are back on a bus to see some rice paddies. Two hours outside Guilin are the fields belonging to the 'Long hair tribe' where the women grow their hair until they get married and only wash it in the water from the paddies. The villag ... 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