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Chaoyang Art District

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July 5th 2008
Today we visited the 'art district' of beijing. First we went to this new area that is a little bit outside the city and is known to be the art district that is 'not government supervised'. I actually thought this area was kind of boring. it had a great deal of sichuan immigrants and restaurants. afterwards we took a bus to the 'government supervised' art district, called 798, which was really coo ... 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