Breakfast time.

Blog 13: Pandas, Hot Pot, and it's official: China is off its head.

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August 31st 2009
I was thinking, as I was mulling ideas over in my head searching for inspiration, that as I had only been here in Chengdu for 3 days, I wouldn’t really have much to write home about...but looking through my little note book (every good writer has one I’m told), there’s a fair whack. So settle yourselves... First things first, we have a couple of housekeeping issues to address. I hope you h ... read more

Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu

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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