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Road Home: Guangzhou, Xiamen, Shanghai, Qingdao, Beijing

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April 3rd 2007
Though I was feeling somewhat nostalgic and sad to begin the last leg of our trip, I was still extremely pleased to see Guangzhou again. The city is what I think of as “Jackie Chan’s China”, the one you see in all the kung-fu movies. Large, blocky apartments draped in laundry, towering over small noodle stalls hidden in narrow alleys. Some of my favorite memories were the taxi rides, circ ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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