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Of Toes and Forbidden Cities

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August 15th 2006
We last left you guys with us bustling our way through busy Beijing. So far Beijing had been very exciting; we had eaten far too much food, shopped like maniacs (cheap clothes!!), and spent far too much time trying to figure out the public transport system... so it was time to get on to the real things we were there to see! The Forbidden City was one of the first stops. It's situated smack bang ... 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