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Xiamen, China - another maiden call

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April 9th 2014
26thMarch Xiamen, China Better known to Westerners as Amoy, Xiamen is located in the Chinese province of Fujian and was once dubbed as the Oriental Hawaii (by Tricky Dicky Nixon) This was another maiden call for the Queen Elizabeth and the cruise terminal is situated on the Western side of Xiamen Island. For centuries Xiamen has been the gateway into China situat ... read more

Asia » China

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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