City Lights

Like something from the set of "Bladerunner", the bright lights of Xiamen dominated night-time views from Gulang-yu. © L. Birch 2007

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Down and Out in China

May 10th 2007
The rain fell like stair rods as we sheltered beneath a street awning in Bangkok, waiting for it to stop. It rained most days now. People were saying that the rainy season was starting earlier and earlier each year. Was this a sign perhaps, that the effects of climate change were beginning to affect weather patterns that could once have been predicted with a near perfect accuracy? Change was not a ... read more

Asia » China » Fujian » Xiamen » Gulangyu

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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