China - Shanghai, Beijing, The Great Wall, Xi'an, Guilin, Dali, Lijiang, Shaxi, Chengdu

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Some general thoughts on China: This is the biggest blog I've written so far. When I decided to take this trip, China was the main country I wanted to see. I thought I would take two weeks to see the main sites. I ended up staying for a month. This is a very interesting time to be in China. They get a new president this year and the senior leadership gets shuffled. There was a major scandal ... Read Full Entry

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