Pagodas in Guilin

Guilin

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November 8th 2012
Guilin After completing our long week of midterms, our group took a trip to the southwestern part of China to the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, a province very close to Vietnam! It was a great way to relax after a stressful week of tests and papers and it was especially nice to get away from the cold that has settled into Beijing. We went from pants, jackets and scarf weather to shorts ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing » Dongcheng

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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