Tuan in the kicking group

Beihai Park and other stuff under the sun

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August 21st 2007
As we learned later, this was the only day when we saw the sun unless we were high in the mountains. When sun comes out in Beijing it's actually very pleasant. The city doesn't look like dull gray place but more like a cheerful happy one. So we got up early that day to go see the ballroom dancing in the park as I heard that's where the "zen" is. Seriously, one of the things I came to see in China ... 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