The Marble Boat

Summer Palace and very tired legs

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March 29th 2012
The day after our visit to Xi'an the boys and I went to visit the Summer Palace while Stephen got to rest his weary legs at work (he told me his knees siezed up on him after 3 hours of interview people). So after a long subway ride the boys and I arrived at a stop which was meant to be right outside the Summer Palace, I guess if you count circumnavigating the walls of the palace you could sa ... 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