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Chengdu

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June 27th 2007
This city is huge and after arriving late in the night a well deserved sleep was required before venturing out. The city was hot and humid and very easy to get lost in so we endullged in some local cuisine and tea before exploring the old muslim temple in corner of the city all of its own. An evening meal was taken in at a local vegetarian restaurant with lots of mock meats before enjoying a fam ... 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