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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 and "The Wall"
Date: May 20th 2011
My sister, Karen, paid us a visit for a couple of weeks so it was a good excuse to go to Beijing. I know, everybody wonders how we have been in China for four years without ever going to its cultural hub. It was a great place with lots to see but everywhere we went, people tried to rip us off. The taxis were the worst. We had to be really careful to remember to insist they put their meters down ... read more
Date: May 20th 2011
My sister, Karen, paid us a visit for a couple of weeks so it was a good excuse to go to Beijing. I know, everybody wonders how we have been in China for four years without ever going to its cultural hub. It was a great place with lots to see but everywhere we went, people tried to rip us off. The taxis were the worst. We had to be really careful to remember to insist they put their meters down ... read more
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