Wenshu (ii)

Doughty does China - Act VI

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November 14th 2007
Scene I - 14/11/07 Emerging into Chengdu I was greeted by a smoggy haze which would coax the city of 4.2 million inhabitants for the duration of my stay. My main focus for coming to Chengdu was to pay a visit to the Giant Panda breeding research base situated on the outskirts of the city. I had agreed to go to the base with the folks from my dorm but unfortunately they were on the piss the p ... 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