Within the City

China

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October 25th 2012
China, land of tasty food and many people. This is probably going to be one of those updates where pictures are better than words. I’ve seen and done quite a lot of things in the last four weeks here but here are the highlights: National Holiday & Mid-Autumn Festival: Not something I did per say, more of an event that took place for the first half of the tour. Our guide likened it to Ch ... read more

Asia » China

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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