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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: May Break 2012: Great Wall; Mutianyu and the Wild Wall
Date: May 1st 2012
Tuesday May 1 After living more than 1 year in China, on this date I finally climbed the Great Wall. This blog is a split off of the main blog on my Beijing trip (mainly for the pictures). The bus ride to the wall was almost 3 hours long. The base of the wall was of course exclusively touristy. It was a combination of high end China with a fancy mural map description, cable car, sl ... read more
Date: May 1st 2012
Tuesday May 1 After living more than 1 year in China, on this date I finally climbed the Great Wall. This blog is a split off of the main blog on my Beijing trip (mainly for the pictures). The bus ride to the wall was almost 3 hours long. The base of the wall was of course exclusively touristy. It was a combination of high end China with a fancy mural map description, cable car, sl ... read more
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