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Across the Courtyard



From: Asia » China

Chinese  Flag 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]
Blog: Qingdongling - Eastern Qing Dynasty Mausoleums
Date: December 17th 2006

Sam showed up at my hotel with our hired taxi at 7:10 AM (one hour later than yesterday) and we departed together to pick Liz up at her hotel. Driving to the tombs site in the northern Hebei province took us a couple of hours, mostly over highways but within a few kilometers from the site, we actually passed through the town of Zunhua, which according to Sam, is actually considered a suburb of Be ... read more


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