Wenchang Ge

A-begging I will go

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December 3rd 2011
Photos: …..there seem to be more beggars on the streets of Yangzhou lately. Some say they are not really in need & make a good living out of filling up their plastic cups with coins. I'm sure some, the obviously lame, deformed & disfigured can't be having an easy time in a communist country where it's every man & woma ... 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