The Bell Tower

Xi'an to Beijing

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February 8th 2010
Hey there So here is the second entry on my blog (I'll try to improve on the spelling on this one - thanks sis :-P) So after finding out that it would be a 24 hour train journey from Guangdong (just over the border of China from Hong Kong) to Xi'an, I decided it would be a shame to waste a day and better to take a flight instead. So on Friday evening I took a flight from HK to Xi'an. It was ... 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