South China countryside 2

Beijing

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October 13th 2008
We arrived in Beijing shortly after sunrise to find the smog had lifted and the sun was shining brightly in a brilliant blue sky. After leaving our bags at the hotel we set off for Tianannmen Square. Have I mentioned that China has a lot of people? It seemed that most of them had arrived in Beijing to visit Mao's tomb - the queue to enter the building was hours long and the square was crowded with ... 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