Yangshou Scenary

ni hao (nee how) from china

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March 7th 2009
It started to dawn on us that 5 weeks is not long considering the ground we have to cover in that time although discussing this at dinner one night we were quickly cut off by an older american couple who reminded us that most people only have a couple of weeks! nevertheless time is running short... we crossed the border into china in the middle of the night and as the only two people on the train ... 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