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Warriors

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July 23rd 2011
We arrived in Xian yesterday after a 16hr train trip south from Datong. The journey would have been fairly pleasant if not for the train guide's deciding to amuse themselves by playing random announcements all night at varying levels of loudness so that even if you had managed to tune out the chatter you would suddenly be made aware of it again when they cranked the volume. I found it very ... 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