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Hangzhou !!

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July 18th 2006
Norma has decided that her blockage has moved from her insides to her brain and writer's block has set in. So, a coup has been staged and the Bling Dynasty has ended and I have assumed control - temporarily I'm sure! The past days have been so busy that we have not had a chance to catch up with the blog, this morning is a quiet morning in Nanjing hence the continuation. Hangzhou was very ... read more

Asia » China » Jiangsu » Suzhou

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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