Kangding meat market

And home again, a few final thoughts

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September 11th 2010
We are back home in the US after 21 hours total from leaving the hotel in Beijing to arriving home. We were stuck in Friday afternoon traffic both in Beijing and north of Seattle on the same day, but otherwise all went smoothly. In reading through the entries, I am tempted to go back and correct typos and minor errors of fact and to add some stuff that was left out. But I think it's better le ... read more

Asia » China

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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