Gingseng

Changbaishan to Jinbro Lake

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June 3rd 2007
Today we were on the bus pretty much the whole day to get to Jinbrohu (Mirror Lake). On the way we drove through Yanggi. It has a sizable ethnic Korean population, and as such many people here are bilingual. The city is relatively rich as many people work in South Korea and send money back. I guess the relatively few bicycles on the road vs. other Chinese cities is a reflection of that. One of ... 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