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"Our Exciting Beijing Moment"

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July 16th 2007
Guest Blogger: MMM (per SF Girl's request) No trip to China would be complete without a visit to the Great Wall of China. So today we put on our best sneakers and got ready for a trek on the #1 ranked site of the Seven Wonders of the World. Since SF Girl, who I will refer to as CJJ (short for C Jie Jie, which means “big sister”), had already been to the Badaling part of the Great Wall, we dec ... 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