The 'Picturesque' China I had so hoped for; and someother things I did not
June 9th 2007 Well, we have finnally made it to, as the title says, the 'Picturesque' China I had hoped for. With weird green moutain formations, little villages, and lots and lots and lots of tourist information centers (almost none speak english and they are all selling the same thing: 'Boat cruise down the Li River...'; its too bad that when we really need them they turn out to be this way). But it ok, I t
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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 
