Terracotta Warrior

A Birthday to Remember

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May 13th 2009
A Birthday to Remember We had planned this trip before we even moved to China. My mom and dad had always planned to come to visit us in China before my dad got sick and he thought it would be really cool for us all to celebrate my 40th Birthday on the Great Wall of China. It was sad that my parents weren’t able to make the trip but we decided to make plans around the date of my birthday as my d ... read more

Asia » China » Hangzhou

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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