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My last week in China... two weeks late

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July 4th 2010
Wow, I have definitely been slacking when it comes to blogging! Even though I’ve been in Croatia for two weeks now, I still wanted to share my last week in China and my overall thoughts about the country. I watched a lot of the games in the World Cup’s qualifying stage during my last weekend in Beijing, even though some matches (i.e. US-England) were at 2:30AM. I wanted to take a trip to Xi†... 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