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Day 4-6: Buddha Buddha Buddha Everywhere

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February 2nd 2007
Just to create the setting for this piece, I'm sitting in a small internet cafe down the street from my hostel, surrounded by maybe 60 or so guys all playing World of Warcraft. At least 50 of them are smoking... My fourth day in Chengdu was rather ordinary, save a relaxing afternoon at the famous Chinese poet Du Fu's garden. I spent my time just roaming the park, along with a thousand other p ... 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