Forbidden City

Braving China with Red Guide Books

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July 13th 2010
Sunday July 11, 2010 Today Rich and I are alone, no interpreter, no driver just the two of us and two bright Red Guide books that say Beijing. I think they also say in Chinese: Lost Traveler, Money, Westerner, Gullible! Honestly you would think Frommer's and Fodor's would start making travel books that look like Pride and Prejudice written in Mandarin. They would be hot sellers. So w ... read more

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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