!["The forgotten corner of Lijiang"](http://photos.travelblog.net/375577/995866/s/9578455-quot-the-forgotten-corner-of-lijiang-quot-0.jpg ""The forgotten corner of Lijiang"")
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...more history