Beijing city

Busy Beautiful Beijing

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June 23rd 2009
After our seven nights on the Trans-Siberian, we arrived in Beijing Central Train Station at 5am to the hustle and bustle of Beijing coming to life while our tired bodies were just grateful that we simply had to drag them across the road to get to our hostel. After catching up on some sleep and trying to make our bodies recognise the fact that we were no longer moving on a train we set out to exp ... 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