Hills and village from train, Guangzhou to Kunming

Guangzhou to Kunming and around.

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September 3rd 2012
Guangzhou to Kunming. The Guangzhou we met was grey and strange, although not lifeless, and very unlike the scenes we had witnessed in Hong Kong. The huge square outside the station was full of people sitting and milling around, waiting for trains to who knows where. Perhaps a great deal of them were migrant workers. Although I don't think there are many itinerants in China I ... read more

Asia » China » Yunnan » Kunming

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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