Beijing

China Leg 1 - Beijing to Shanghai

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October 10th 2007
Hello all, hope you're well and everything is good back home. Last time we wrote we had just arrived in Beijing, we have now been in China for nearly 3 weeks so thought we'd update you on our Chinese adventure so far.................... Our hostel in Beijing was in a great location, 5 mins from Tiananmen Sq and right in the middle of a traditional Chinese hutong. These are narrow lanes bustling ... read more

Asia » China

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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