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Chinese Movie Set

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June 10th 2008
We were picked up from the train station on what looked like a golf cart and were zipped to our hostel through the streets of what looked like an old movie set! Besides being in awe, I was waiting for Bruce Lee to jump out! Our hostel was an old governor's house so it was gorgeous and the quiet, a welcome change to the cities! We were in what Dave thought was the concubine's room, but there was pl ... 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