Well-dressed

Bye Bye Beijing

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January 15th 2009
In less than 12 hours I will be heading stateside after this month-long adventure in China. Today in Beijing began with a trip to the Yonghegong Tibetan Buddhist Lama temple, the biggest one of its kind in China. I've never seen anything like it in my life, and a Guiness Book of World Records plaque confirms that the major statue of Buddha, measuring 26 meters tall, was carved from a single tree ... 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