Steve Warn

Christmas 2009 into the first 3months of 2010

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February 28th 2010
Christmas time in Beijing was very interesting. In a country that doesn't celebrate Christmas they were certainly getting into it...well at least the commercial side of it....I guess where there is a buck to be made you can just about celebrate anything. All the big shopping malls were decked out with Christmas trees and baubles as was our little Chinese apartment block. Although one thing I di ... 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