The Terracotta Warriors themselves

Xian, The capital of Ancient China

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December 18th 2006
Immy came out to Beijing with Oundle people on a school trip and one weekend they went to Xian, so I tagged along. I flew there on Hainan Airways on the Friday, we were staying in a pretty cool hostel. The city of Xian is one of China’s oldest cities and it actually still has quite a lot of authentic ancient Chinese buildings, and pretty much a full city wall (which we biked round on a tandem!) ... read more

Asia » China » Shaanxi » Xi'an

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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