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Beijing, and the wall that raped me

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May 6th 2008
So it finally stopped raining (continuation from last blog) and i decided to go for a walk, so i walked up to Tiananmen Square. it was nice and cold from all the rain that day. so i walked around and saw the lowering of the flag and then went to walk back to the hostel. On the way back i bumped into Kate, Brandy and Deven and they were going to have duck for tea and invited me aswell. so we walked ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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