Forbidden City - Hair Raising

China and Beyond

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June 25th 2009
Greetings...I have been somewhat negligent in starting this early in my trip but am only three weeks into a ten week journey that will eventually take me through six countries. I started in Vancouver, Canada and after a brief stop in Hong Kong, flew via DragonAir ( the name did not instill a desire to leave the ground ) to Beijing. The first delay at landing was a nice couple from Melbourne had ... 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