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Templed and Palaced Out!

May 21st 2008
The traffic in Beijing has to be seen to be believed. Thee are bikes, mtor bikes taxis and cars everywhere not to mention huge coaches who think that being the largeset vehicle on the road gives them monopoly for pole position on the the many busy and confusing roads that sweep around the city. In particular one coach driver suceeded to 'squash' the taxi we were sitting in up against the kerb and ... read more
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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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