Tianamen Square

Big Dragon in Beijing

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April 1st 2006
Beijing. What an eclectic mixture of influences. Every road is either an 8 lane motorway (the city is the proud owner of over 100 fly-overs), bristelling with high-rises, or it is a hutong so narrow that barly a bicycle can fit down it and taxi drivers refuse to take you there, speeding away shaking their heads at the very mention of its name. That just about sums up the nature of this nation's ca ... 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