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Onto Xian and the west

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August 11th 2006
August 10 After spending several hours in the Beijing Train station I came to realize that I had made one of the main mistakes always cautioned of in the LP guide. I had completely overlooked the xi character before train station and was thus at the wrong station. Offering a taxi driver an extra 100 yuan to get me to the station on time resulted in a harrowing ride through a crowded market place ... 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