Another section of the wall

Beijing and Tianjin

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March 22nd 2011
21 March – Beijing. Great Wall and Ming Tombs Took the 3 hour journey to outer Beijing to visit the Ming Tombs and the Great Wall which gave us the opportunity to see a bit of the countryside. The port area that we are in – just outside Tianjin – is being developed as a huge commercial / industrial region and as such there is a lot of earthworks going on where the land is being reclaimed. ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing » Great Wall of China

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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