Rice paddies

Yangshuo & Long Ji

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June 29th 2009
Yangshuo First stop was Yangshuo - visitors to China will no doubt know this place, and it's a place I've been wanting to visit since I got to China. Located near Guilin, it's home to karst mountains and beautiful scenery, often seen in postcards and books of China back home. I'd heard it was mainly visited by foreigners, and so was surprised to see so many Chinese tourists there. Appa ... 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