the chained monkeys

me on a horse?

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September 12th 2006
at first i have to admit something. something absolutely cruel happened to me, or rather i did it. there is no excuse for it and i don't know how this could happen. in the short time that is left of my journey i don't even have the possibility to make up my big mistake. it actually already happened to me in chengdu but up to now i didn't have the courage to meke this confession: i forgot "war and ... 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