Ailie- Forbidden City

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January 19th 2008
FIRSTLY， THE COMPUTER IS FORCING US TO WRITE IN CAPITAL LETTERS。 IT HAS BEEN A STRANGE BEGINNING TO A FIVE MONTH TRIP。 IT BEGAN WITH AN AWOL BACKPACK IN LONDON AND CONTINUED WITH THE ALARMING NEWS THAT THE PLANE WE ARRIVED ON IN BEIJING CRASH LANDED ON ITS RETURN TO LONDON。 AS FOR BEIJING？ THERE APPEARS TO BE SUBURBS BIGGER THAN GLASGOW！ THE ROADS ARE SO WIDE A BULLET FIRED FROM A GUN ... 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