Qianmen Gate

The DCs days in Beijng

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September 2nd 2010
Date Saturday 28th August 2010 Cities Daegu - Seoul - Hong Kong - Beijing Language Korean - Cantonese - Mandarin Currency Korean Won - 850 = NZ$1, Canadian dollar in Hong Kong and Chinese Yuan Climate airport and plane temperatures all day! The alarm woke us at 5am! A quick shower and we were out the door to meet our cab to the airport. A day of travel was before us and all went ... 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