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Bei Da, Chengde, Great Wall

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September 3rd 2009
Even though it's only been a couple days since I last wrote I have a lot to write this time. We went on a 3 day trip to the Great Wall and Chengde. Everyone knows what the great wall is but Chengde is a city about 4 hours from Beijing by bus. The city isn't very big for a Chinese city, about 500,000. There are many Buddhist temples and palaces around Chengde. We went to a few of them and they were ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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