Standing Room Only

Standing Room Only-another article from the newspaper

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November 20th 2011
Over the National Holiday week, two friends and I decided to take a little trip to Xi’an. It was to be a short trip: take a hard sleeper there, spend one night in Xi’an and head back the next afternoon. When we went to the ticket office, however, we were unable to get return tickets. A little nervous, we bought the hard sleeper tickets and hoped we could get the same to return home. The hard ... read more

Asia » China » Hangzhou

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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