Roadtrip

Life outside of Beijing

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July 30th 2006
This weekend 11 of us took an adventurous roadtrip to the grasslands north of Beijing. Five of us were students from the same program while the rest were Chinese friends and co-workers of one of my group members. It was a great time had by all, as we were able to escape the city life and see the more rural side of China. We left around seven on Saturday morning to get on a Greyhound type bus in Be ... 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