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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]
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] Blog: A home from home
Date: January 19th 2010
Well I'm back at the Happy Dragon, which at this point is feeling a home from home, the staff are very helpful, I've got them to write a few useful phrases in Manadrin on scraps of paper as the communicating is pretty tough here. Even finding the nearby Forbidden City was a challenge. I met the most persistant rickshaw driver in Beijing on the way. No variation of no, ignoring him or speeding u ... read more
Date: January 19th 2010
Well I'm back at the Happy Dragon, which at this point is feeling a home from home, the staff are very helpful, I've got them to write a few useful phrases in Manadrin on scraps of paper as the communicating is pretty tough here. Even finding the nearby Forbidden City was a challenge. I met the most persistant rickshaw driver in Beijing on the way. No variation of no, ignoring him or speeding u ... read more
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