Hangzhou and Wuzhen Photo 2

Hangzhou and Wuzhen

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August 10th 2009
West Lake is the best lake... Then we took a little excursion out to the canal town of Wuzhen - a hamlet along the Grand Canal that was very prosperous during the Ming and Qing dynasties and is now sort of romantically decrepit. 2 parts of the town underwent a serious preservation effort a few years ago and they now charge tourists 100RMB per person, per part-of-town to go see it. But we thou ... 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