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Summer Palace - Beijing  
   

Summer Palace - Beijing

China

January 21st 2008
The border crossing between Vietnam and China was fairly straight forward and uneventful but slightly bizarre being herded between checkpoints in huge grey concrete buildings in small electric carts, we also get our first taste of the Chinese queuing system which is to swarm the counter and push your way to the front and stay there until you get someone’s attention! The first road in China on ou ... read more
Asia » China

Chinese Flag 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
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