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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]
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] Blog: The high road - China's wild west
Date: May 18th 2010
Date: May 18th 2010
Sichuan, home of the Sichuan pepper Our guidebook mentioned a 'back door' route into western Sichuan from NW Yunnan, which happened to be our present location. The road makes it's way through rugged terrain into the far west of the province and the Tibetan regions of Kham and Amdo (Accoring to the borders drawn by the Chinese, this is Sichuan. According to the ... read more
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