Pen out front of the "Water Cube"

"Wretched Duck" by Penny & "Back In Beijing" by Dave

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September 12th 2008
Due to vastly divergent opinions, we've decided to write separate blog entries for China so far: "Wretched Duck" by Penny China is not what it's cracked up to be. The flashy images portrayed during the Olympics are poles apart from the truth. The Great Wall, The Forbidden City, Tian'anmen Square and the Temple of Heaven make fantastic postcards, (once the choking pollution fog is photoshopp ... 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