The Fallen Cliff Face?

Pingxiang (25-26 Nov 13)

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November 29th 2013
Back on the road again, and it was a 4h+ bus ride northeast of Hanoi to the border town of Dong Dang for my crossing into China. Funny how haphazardly planned and poorly demarcated some of these border areas are - when I entered the Vietnamese immigration building, I realized I had entered from the Chinese side! Huh?! How was that possible since I'd just gotten off the minivan from Hanoi, and ... read more

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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