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Chilling out beside Green Park lake

The Spring City

August 11th 2006
We are in China again. Tonight we travel to Beijing, but for the last two days we've been in the capital of Yunnan province. Despite being August in Southern China, it is very mild here. Kunming is known as the 'Spring City' within China because of it's year-round mild, sunny climate and it's elevation of almost 2,000 metres makes it more airy than you'd expect from a provincial capital. ... read more
Asia » China » Yunnan » Kunming

Chinese Flag 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
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