leafiness

Fragrant Hill! (a.k.a. Stanky Mountain)

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October 27th 2007
This past Friday I went with a handful of classmates and teachers to Xiang Shan (Fragrant Hill). Even though we went on a weekday to avoid the crowd, there were still about 0.5 billion people there to enjoy the fall colors. It was also the foggiest day ever, meaning that you couldn't see anything that wasn't directly in front of you. Apparently planes could not land in Beijing that day. ...And li ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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