mayDay

May Day crowds at the Summer Palace, Beijing

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May 10th 2006
Flying over and then driving into Beijing all I could see was grey: grey buildings, grey people, grey covered trees and grey air. The atmosphere was thick and I felt my lungs protest. I arrived through a traffic jam of bicycles in a dusty grey alley or hutong where my guesthouse, Red Lantern, was located. Inside it was like another world, a pretty little courtyard laid out with seats and tables, r ... read more

Asia » China

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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