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China - The middle bits!

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June 10th 2008
Xi'an to Turpan and the edge of China Proper! Well it's certainly been an interesting ride and a bit of a rollercoaster one at times! The intrepid site (www.intrepidtravel.com/trips/csr) has a more detailed itinerary if anyone is interested (and Cielle's blog actually reads in chronological order in one entry - www.travelblog.org/bloggers/Cielle) but I'm just going to blog about some of ... read more

Asia » China

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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