nationlism

I'm really impressed of the pride and entusiasm among the Chinese people for the Olympics. If you turn on the TV, every TV channel is viewing something about it. Security has tightened as well, the govement is trying to regulate the flow of tourism, traffic and workers from the countryside, it feels almost as Russia.

Time to move again

May 8th 2008
After having a bad cold in Beijing after Mongolia, it is time to move again. There is still no reply from the Olympics and I'm tired on sitting on my ass waiting, so I'm going to Xi'an for some days and after that Xinjiang. Havn't really walked around in Beijing that much because of the sickness, but the city sure looks different, more green so to say. The new stadium looks awesome, it will be ... 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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