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Overnight Train

Beijing, Part 1

June 27th 2010
I apologize for the delay in posting these two blogs about Beijing; it has taken me a while to overcome jet lag. Without further ado, here is a description of our 4 day stay in Beijing: OVERNIGHT TRAIN: We left Hangzhou on Saturday afternoon (June 26th) on an overnight train, which was certainly an experience. It was slower and not as smooth as the Maglev I wrote about several blogs ago, but ... read more
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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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