Terracota Warriors

The World of Creative Impediments

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September 15th 2010
This is the second chapter of blogs about the resistance to travel. I have now traversed 14 independent nations not including autonomous regions. Out of each region comes a people, all with different traditions, cultures and ways. As a traveller it is one of the greatest joys to see and experience these from cups of tea to shots of vodka. Man can be divided into two categories; The good ... read more

Asia » China » Shanghai

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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