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Weekend in Beijing

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August 12th 2007
Three weekends before I left on a month break to the US East Coast, I took a lovely few days in Beijing with Cassie *Newfoundland* and Diane *Ottawa* I had a feeling that I'd be ordering tickets for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, so I didn't worry that this trip was too rushed, since it was a quick introduction. After running an early 5Km race near the Kama River *or river-river in Daegu, since ... read more

Asia » China

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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