In my humble opinion...
...one of the better photos I took in China. -Pingyao
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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. ... [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. ... [read more] Blog: Pandas are delicious! ...And other half-truths about China
Date: October 12th 2006
Agent Reporting: Michael Saxe Current Location: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Mission Report: 2 Weeks in China Mission Status: Complete I arrived in China from Macau, slipping undetected through Chinese customs and their heat scanners. Despite my headache and nausea (sp?), I did not have the bird flu, but merely a hangover. To Gulin, arriving by the cover of night, then to Yangshou where I was met a ... read more
Date: October 12th 2006
Agent Reporting: Michael Saxe Current Location: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Mission Report: 2 Weeks in China Mission Status: Complete I arrived in China from Macau, slipping undetected through Chinese customs and their heat scanners. Despite my headache and nausea (sp?), I did not have the bird flu, but merely a hangover. To Gulin, arriving by the cover of night, then to Yangshou where I was met a ... read more
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“To be a tourist is to escape accountability. Errors and failings don't cling to you the way they do back home. You're able to drift across continents and languages, suspending the operation of sound thought. Tourism is the march of stupidity. You're expected to be stupid. The entire mechanism of the host country is geared to travelers acting stupidly. You walk around dazed, squinting into fold-out maps. You don't know how to talk to people, how to get anywhere, what the money means, what time it is, what to eat or how to eat it. Being stupid is the pattern, the level and the norm. You can ex... full info
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