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A small dose of China without too much China

April 10th 2009
Tourists throng the streets of traditional wooden Chinese buildings, many of which have been converted into expensive pizza restaurants, curry houses, souvenir shops and backpacker hostels. I've been walking down this particular street for less than two minutes and already the third great-grandmother in the traditional dress of her ethnic minority is staggering up to me to say, "You want smoke ... read more

Asia » China » Yunnan » Dali

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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