View from the room in Xian (4 of 4)

Travel day Beijing to Xian

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June 23rd 2007
Xian, China Our first intra-China airline flight Lisa and Mr. Dong picked us up at the hotel in Beijing this morning for the ride out to the Beijing Airport. We just missed a major road closing as some important Chinese delegate was arriving from the Airport and all the military ... read more

Asia » China » Shaanxi » Xi'an

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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