The cable car to the Great Wall

Ni Hao Beijing!

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November 1st 2007
Day 1: Arrival in Beijing I finally flew out of Heathrow on Saturday afternoon having been airport shopping for a few forgotten essentials (including soap, a purse, and a bag for hand luggage...), and arrived in Beijing on Sunday. It was pretty cold when I got here, probably similar temperatures to England but with the addition of an icy Siberian wind that probably makes it feel much colder. A ... 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