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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]
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] Blog: Beijing
Date: August 10th 2006
Beijing - China's capital. With a municipality the size of Beligiumm, over 15million inhabitants, numerous cars, bicycles and construction sites, it is an absolute immensity of heat, humid and heavy pollution. We arrived into Beijing at 05:00 and jumped into the first taxi we found. Stupidly. Once again, you can spend all your time trying to prevent yourself from pickpockets and other scammers ... read more
Date: August 10th 2006
Beijing - China's capital. With a municipality the size of Beligiumm, over 15million inhabitants, numerous cars, bicycles and construction sites, it is an absolute immensity of heat, humid and heavy pollution. We arrived into Beijing at 05:00 and jumped into the first taxi we found. Stupidly. Once again, you can spend all your time trying to prevent yourself from pickpockets and other scammers ... read more
