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March 16th 2006
It is a twilight time now. A time of soft light from the sky between sunset and the full darkness, a time of long shadows that follow you to where ever you are going, it is a time of vagueness - of being in between, a time for a mood to be setting in, a period of decline - of stretching a tired body and a searching soul, a time of travels and of dreams, a time when East meets West. It is a time fo ... read more

Asia » China » Dongbei » Harbin

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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