IBM Building

Beijing

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September 22nd 2010
We arrived in Beijing Early Tuesday morning after a 12-hour train trip from Xi'an. I step off the train and finally no heat or humidity. It's a beautiful sunny dry 70 degree day. Unfortunately, the "la dui zi' has struck my brother's fiancee. She's actually pretty sick so some of our original plans are modified. We basically decide to Live-it-up and check ourselves into a junior suite and th ... 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