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Yangshou by Aishling

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March 7th 2008
Monday 3rd March So off the beeping bus and onto the streets where there were some touts trying to get us to stay in their hostels, we beat them off with our backpacks and some stern looks and marched down the street purposefully even tho we hadn't a clue where to go! After looking at the map and asking a girl in a travel agency we ended up back where we started where some woman cornered ... 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