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China- 13/09/08

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October 13th 2008
China First stop was Beijing. Although I just missed the Olympics by a few days it was good to look around the city. Straight away you can appreciate how clean it is after previous destinations. During the games the government had bought new buses and limited the number of cars entering the city by registration to reduce the smog and it defiantely worked. Beijing is very much a show city for Chin ... 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