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Chinese  Flag 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. ... [read more]
Blog: Beijing was Something Else
Date: June 29th 2008

Once again I found myself in China en route to somewhere-else: this time reunited with my daughter Ali, in June 2007. The taxi driver who took me into the city said, "There are five things you must see: Tianamen Square, the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, the Summer Palace, and the Temple of Heavenly Peace." We met up in a Beijing backpackers’ hostel, which I had found on the web. It was a ... read more




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