Canalside living

Suzhou and Wuzhen - Water Villages

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July 18th 2006
The coup continues, I am still in command while Norma recovers. There are several water villages, based around canals, in the delta region and we were lucky enough to visit two of them. First was Wuzhen village, a very historic village of old wooden homes, each facing on a street and backing on a canal. In the centre of the village was a canal basin surrounded by steps, which was a market place w ... read more

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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