Baozu Boy

Last Full Day in Beijing

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August 9th 2005
I was stumbling back down from the club around 9:30am with my shirt off in the pouring rain when I was surprised to find my favourite café was open! So I ate my usual and gave the baozu to the guy who worked the night shift at my hostel again, “Baozu Boy”! Then I stumbled my way into bed and managed to wake everyone when I knocked over a bunch of plastic bottles. I awoke around 11am and th ... 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