The Great Wall...as if you couldn't tell

Beijing

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November 4th 2006
We arrived in Beijing early in the morning, by sleeper train, for the final stop on our tour of China. We jumped in a taxi to our hotel, and the first thing we did after check-in was score ourselves a sausage and egg pancake for 1 Yuan (that's about 6p!). David managed to eat this despite suffering from a toothache, which we would have to devote some time to soon. First we visited the Forbidden ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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