East Gate Street

肇兴(Zhao4xing)--侗族的中心(The Heart of the Dong)

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June 6th 2007
ZHAO4XING-2007, June 6: Nyah4 lai4! (“ni3hao3” in Dong4hua4-the language of the Dong) After flying into Gui4yang2 airport, the ventricle to the vast and varied (yet continuously rain-soaked, at least during this fertile and most rainy of rainy seasons) province of Gui4zhou1, we (the W&M tour group, led the wonderful miss Li4 Dong1xia2 (Dongxia, as we kindly address her) and local Guizhou guru ... read more

Asia » China

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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