The main street in Pingyao

Ming and Qing adventures - Pingyao and Xi'an

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October 14th 2008
Smooth travelling in China Katie Melua sings in one of her songs that there are 9 million bicycles in Beijing. What she failed to mention is that there are also 9 million cars and they all seem to be on the road at the same time. The traffic is horrendous at most times of the day, apart from late at night, and you can understand why the Chinese authorities took cars off the road prio ... 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