Square at dawn

Day 12 - July 12

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July 12th 2009
No scheduled sightseeing which was a nice break from the routine. Time to explore on your own. Today, most of the participants got up early at 3:40 a.m. to meet at 4 a.m. in the lobby to travel to Tiananmen Square to see the flag raising. Walked from hotel with the group and then put Lucy in a Pedi cab to save time. She rode with Julie. We arrived at the square by 4: 30 a.m. and waited until ... 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