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Awesome Army!!

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October 4th 2006
We have been wowed once again. Yesterday we took a trip to see the famed Army of Terracotta Warriors. The night previous we met a nice girl from Wisconsin who is teaching English in Dalian (Northern China), she is here for the National Day holiday (just like the rest of China). The three of us decided on a meeting time to have breakfast at the hostel and retired for the night. The next morning ... read more

Asia » China » Shaanxi » Xi'an

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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