A View of Downtown Dalian

One Month in Dalian, China

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May 16th 2007
Route to Dalian and Back After Vietnam I took a series of flights through Bangkok and Shanghai to Dalian, China. This coastal city of 1.5 million is in North Eastern China, close to North Korea. There I stayed at a university and helped conduct research on the same type of device for which I received my graduate degree. I had arranged to be there for one month. ... read more

Asia » China » Dongbei » Dalian

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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