City Wall in Xi An

Our whirlwind tour through China

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March 25th 2009
Thank goodness we are flying from one location to the next. The last week has been truly a whirlwind tour through China. We began, as I showed in my last entry in Beijing. There are so many wonderous things to see in Beijing and our tour guide "River", did a wonderful job of touching on many of the highlights. We walked the Great Wall, crossed Tiennamen Square, wandered through the Forbidden City, ... read more

Asia » China » Shaanxi » Xi'an

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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