Tianamen Square

Beijing and the Week Before the Olympics!

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August 4th 2008
This city is at its peak. Olympics fever is raging, creating a cleaner, tidier, and stricter city. Everywhere you turn, there are these “One World, One Dream” signs with the little Olympic monsters running around. Even on the street signs, you were reminded of the cities importance in the international arena with the words “Beijing 2008” added onto the top. I could’ve spent a whole ... 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