Shisha Pangma

The highest mountain of the world.

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December 11th 2009
While I was in Beijing, I was lucky enough to catch a small art festival in an area outside the city-center called 798 Art District. It was difficult to get there, because the subway didn't run so far, and the taxi driver didn't know where it was. It turned out that he was not able to read my map as well because of bad eyes. So I looked at the map and pointed when to turn. 

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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