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Olympic torch and becoming a celebrity

June 15th 2008
After finally leaving my hotel room having not eaten for two days I passed on my bug to Steve leaving him bed bound. I'm a bad wife I know. I went for a walk having not seen any of Kunming. Getting down the road I saw loads of commotion, people waving flags and shouting "China". Without realising it I'd caught on to the tail end of the Olympic torch relay coming through the city! It was really ex ... 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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