DiWang Building

3 Generations of Iowans in China

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May 15th 2007
I'm posting this entry about 1 month too late. I have no excuse except laziness. Sorry everybody! Grandma and Dad came to visit me in China! It was so wonderful. We spent the first day in Hong Kong and rode the new cable car to the Big Buddha. The cable car ride takes 25 minutes and during the entire journey we enjoyed spectacular views of Lantau Island. (The cable cars were shut down a couple ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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