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Ever the Asian Tourist

Traipsing Through the Forbidden City

April 10th 2009
Lily ended up not being able to make our date for the Forbidden City, and a little forlorn at the prospect of not having a friend I hung around the hostel to see if there was anyone I could force to be my friend. Sitting in the common room, I started to fire out comments and creep into others conversations. I soon discovered that a British lady, Juliet, was headed for the Forbidden City and she gr ... read more
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Chinese Flag 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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