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Vietnam to Chengdu - "Chinese" China

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June 8th 2007
VIETNAM TO CHINA - (May 2007) Wed 16th May - (Sapa, Vietnam) At last my passport containing a Chinese visa finally arrived from Hanoi and thankfully only one day later than the travel agency had promised. Once I'd picked the passport up from the Sapa Mountain Hotel where I had previously been staying, the hotel kindly telephoned for a mini bus to take me to the ... read more

Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu » Emi Shan

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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