When in Rome

Enter the dragon

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December 15th 2006
Difficult to know where to start with this one, really. We'd intended it to be a gentle ramble through the second half of our travels in Australia - sun, sea, scuba-diving, desperately trying not to mention the cricket - but being the lazy sods we are we didn't get around to writing anything before we left the place. And the problem is, even though we've only been in China five minutes, it's been ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing » Temple of Heaven

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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