At the Great Wall

Beijing and The Great Wall

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July 13th 2010
I arrived in Beijing, the political heart of China, at nightfall on June 17th. Because Beijing hosted the 2008 Olympics, getting from the airport to the city centre was insanely easy. In fact, the public transport infrastructure here may be the best that I have seen yet on my entire trip. The only problem was that once I got off the subway, my hostel was down a dark alley, or Hutong as they ... 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