Christmas is coming...

Christmas is coming...

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December 9th 2006
Oh yes it's only 2 weeks on Monday til Christmas... Won't really mean much to me as here in China they of course don't celebrate it, so we are only getting Christmas Day and New Year's Day off, but better than nowt! As soon as it hit 1 Dec, shops here started displaying massive Christmas trees in their windows, fairy lights, and a lot of tack (well it is China, gotta be OTT!) However it's jus ... read more

Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu

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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