Zen on the wall

The Walled City

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April 3rd 2006
Xi'an is one of the only cities left in China that has a complete city wall. It looks pretty impressive as you approach it, and around the outside are lots of parks where old people go to dance and do tai chi in the mornings. The other thing about the wall is that you can rent a bike for about 80 pence, and cycle around the 14km circumference. Which is how we spent an otherwise very lazy Sunday ... 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