Old guys watching the traffic

Bustling Beijing

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August 14th 2006
It had been a harrowing and difficult time getting out of the UK, and I was glad to be finally leaving the country!! Even more exciting was the fact that I would FINALLY get to see my girl!! It had been far too many weeks of just phone calls, the odd video call, and countless emails! I was also looking forward to Beijing for lots of other reasons of course 😊 To start with, it was yet anoth ... 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