My Arrival

The only blue sky near Beijing is high above.

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August 21st 2007
Upon arriving in Beijing, I was greeted with the usual noise, pollution, pissed off cab drivers, and...a nice clean air conditioned car. The hostel I was staying at arranged to ahve me picked up by the Chinese version of Bob Hope. The Far East-Beijing Hostel was actually a hutong, a traditinal courtyard home in an old back alley. The house over 300 years old, was divided up into dorms, which I was ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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

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