Forbidden City

Vacation in China Beijing

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January 6th 2009
. We went to China for 10 days starting in Beijing and ending in Shanghai. When we arrived in China the first issue we had was with our “radio-active” luggage. When we got off our plane we did the normal walk to customs and got our passports checked and what not. Following that we walked through a giant medal detector thing and that beeped, so the Chinese guard, whose uniform resem ... 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