Longji Rice Terraces

People, people everywhere

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March 12th 2007
OK, we all know China has a lot of people. 1.3 billion to be exact. No wonder they have that one-child policy. We came to notice that this means everywhere you go, you'll run into other people. It's hard to find any sort of privacy or isolation, let alone wide open spaces devoid of people. People, people, people. China sure has lots of them! Before I begin to explain how a population densi ... 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