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The Great Wall 12

From Independent To Tour Travel In One Easy Step

May 27th 2009
…And So It Begins… Arriving in Beijing, I was greeted by quarantine officials before even leaving the plane wearing goggles, masks and gloves and armed with a temperature gun. Not the most inviting entrance to a militant country I must say , but still better than the poor bloke a few rows in front of me that woke up to the “germ warfare scientists” pointing a gun at his forehead ... read more
Asia » China » Beijing

Chinese Flag 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
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