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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: China, the Land of Contrasts (Part One)
Date: July 30th 2011
Leaving Kyrgyzstan we realised that China would mean a few things. For a start, it's huge, it's modern, it's not modern, it's full of people and it's really really foreign! Out of all the places we had managed to visit on this trip, we also realised that China would be the first real attack on all of our senses. Driving along the Touragurt Pass we were warned to expect the ... read more
Date: July 30th 2011
Leaving Kyrgyzstan we realised that China would mean a few things. For a start, it's huge, it's modern, it's not modern, it's full of people and it's really really foreign! Out of all the places we had managed to visit on this trip, we also realised that China would be the first real attack on all of our senses. Driving along the Touragurt Pass we were warned to expect the ... read more
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