Terracotta Warriors in Pit

Xi'an Day Two

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December 22nd 2008
What an evening. After accidently dozing in the afternoon we woke up and it was already dark. We decided to head to the Muslim Quarter some time earlier but we were going to go late afternoon. How glad i am we didn't and left it until after dark. The palce felt so much more alive. The streets were crammed with market stalls selling food or clothes or artefacts, handcrafted from wood or stone. The ... 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