Lige town with Goddess Mt Gamu behind

Yunnan

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November 7th 2007
Dali... the Old Town's ramshackle old houses and flagstone streets lined with market stalls selling Nakhi skirts and embroidery, blue and white Dali batik, brass jewellery, pipes and the ubiquitous cammo sneakers and Mao hats. This place is well and truly used to tourists: every second cafe in the old town serves western food and has free internet. Little old Bai women come up to us on the stree ... 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