In a Factory

Storms and Gold in Beijing

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August 26th 2008
We continued to travel north through China towards Beijing. We stopped off at two fairly non-descript cities, Hangzhou and Nanjing and went to the "most beautiful mountains in China" at Huang Shan. Hangzhou did have a nice lake, ingeniously called the "West Lake", which allowed for nice photos of weeping willows and boats. Nothing of any significance occurred in Nanjing, except perhaps for Ross ... 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