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V, Mao and Me  
   

V, Mao and Me

Beijing or Bust

November 26th 2007
Lucky, Lucky me...Val from Santa Fe flew 12000 miles to spend 12 days in Beijing and Hong Kong. Jacque and Zoe hosted us in Beijing with a full-out tour of Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, 798 Art District, Great Wall and Ming Tombs--tours interspersed with some of the best food I have ever tasted including old Beijing cuisine, melt in your mouth Chinese dumplings, and Peking Duck. We saw the 2 ... read more
Asia » China » Beijing

Chinese Flag 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
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