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China part 4

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January 9th 2010
Getting off of the Great Wall was sweet; Alpine Slide. Kind of cheesy and touristy, but I had a great time zooming on the little sled after several hours of climbing stairs. With our tour came a lunch, and after waiting a bit for everyone in the group to come down we had a pretty awesome meal. There were eight dishes brought out mostly similar to chinese food you would get in America but oh so ... 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