Outstanding Wit

A watchtower at the Huang Hua section of the Great Wall, Beijing, taken in January 2004.

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February 18th 2006
The Great Wall has survived great trials to be with us today. The Mongol hordes went out of their way to bash it down, for example. Some time later it became the stage for bold experiments in private property as the masses armed themselves with chisels and got hacking. Time, weather and gravity have, of course, been ceaseless in their efforts to wipe the wall off the map. The most recent addition ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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