Lady in Ghanzhou

China

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November 17th 2007
Guangzhou We arrived in China and the first thing that hit us was that all of the signs were now in Chinese. No more english signs for the tourists! We couldn't even have a guess at what they meant. We tried to ask for help but next to no-one could speak english, the only way to communicate was by pointing at the symbols in our lonely planet. When we first arrived in Guangzhou we tried to take ... 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