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Strange buildings, statues and unfinished parks

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June 18th 2011
Hi All, With the weather being a bit hit and miss at the minute we've not been out much but it was a lovely afternoon last Wednesday so we went out for a walk along the river to what I thought was a park. I found what looked like a park on google earth. It wasn't quite what I imagined. The bank of the river has had an half arsed attempted at building some gardens and paths, which were h ... read more

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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