Terracotta Warriors

One of the warriors unearthed about an hour from Xi'an, the ancient Chinese capital

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December 22nd 2008
We arrived at the station feeling a little worse for wear after a rough, loud night on the train from Beijing. My nostrils still burning from the foul encounter I'd had in the uncleaned squat toilet onboard, we stepped out onto the streets of Xi'an and into the real China that both Andrew and I had anticipated since landing. It was marvellous. In the last 28 hours we'd gotten up stupidly early ... read more

Asia » China » Xining

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

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