forbidden city

My Little China Girl

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September 7th 2006
This article is dedicated to Yuki and her parental units, for easing the burden for our wallets and route plan making. Actually they have done nearly every thing for us over the last couple of weeks, booked our trains, organised places to stay, fed us extremely well. We set off to China via the very efficient Hong Kong underground. We had heard tales of extremely long waits getting through the pa ... 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