so much to say i nearly forgot 029 (2)

so much to say i nearly forgot

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January 14th 2009
well I honestly forgot about a few of the other things that I did while I was in Beijing. This isnt a long entry just an addition to the last one. So one amazing day was spent in the new olympic area that was built for well....... the olympics . This was a spectacular sight. The whole area was brand new and as the olympics really only finished in july the stuff still had that brand new feel to ... 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