Our first view of China

Arriving in China and Rachel the Entrepreneur

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May 20th 2010
We left Vietnam on the sleeper train, all comfortably settled into the middle and bottom bunks and nervously waiting to cross the Chinese border in the middle of the night. We had heard many tales of guards with big guns confiscating tourist’s guidebooks - due to Taiwan being listed as an individual sovereign state. So with the guide books buried deeply within all of my underwear, we apprehensiv ... read more

Asia » China

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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