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Beijing: Propaganda and Art

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February 5th 2009
We stayed 3 nights in Primrose's great apartment, hidden away down some side streets a short walk from Chaoyangmen subway station. Like most of Beijing the setting was largely grey and bleak, and the apartment blocks had a rather strong resemblance to a pile of mouse cages one on top of the other. Because of this monotony it took a while to figure out how to get there without being confused by 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