In a bit of a bind

'Thats just China'

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March 12th 2006
Sat down to write this and realised its been two weeks since the last one.... seems time flies when you are buzzing around Asia. Since then we've gone to Saigon and explored a bit of Vietnam, flown up to Hong Kong and shopped till we dropped, then joined a tour group for China where we arrived last Tuesday. Im currently sat in a photcopy shop on their internet PC in downtown Dali, absolutely sha ... 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