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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]
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] Blog: Walking the lake
Date: January 29th 2006
Hangzhou - 25.01.05 We decided to take a small detour to Hangzhou to visit the famous West Lake. As lakes go it's a pretty big one at almost 3km by 3km but as we were keen to get to Shanghai for the Chinese New Year we decide to only spend one day there. With this in mind the last thing we should probably do when we arrive is go to a bar come club for a beer and end up downing some strange wh ... read more
Date: January 29th 2006
Hangzhou - 25.01.05 We decided to take a small detour to Hangzhou to visit the famous West Lake. As lakes go it's a pretty big one at almost 3km by 3km but as we were keen to get to Shanghai for the Chinese New Year we decide to only spend one day there. With this in mind the last thing we should probably do when we arrive is go to a bar come club for a beer and end up downing some strange wh ... read more
