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Been There, Done That

April 6th 2007
Happy to be leaving the noise and pollution of Shanghai behind, the original plan was to head straight to Beijing. But the opportunity to visit Xi'an and see the Terracotta Army was too much to pass up. At 1500km, the 16-hour train ride to Xi'an is a rather sizeable detour - the equivalent of going from Vancouver to Edmonton via Prince George. It's a little out of the way, but well worth it. A ... read more
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Chinese Flag 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
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