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Total Eclipse China - on top of Huangshan

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July 23rd 2009
It is 4.30am, total solar eclipse day. The residents of the Bei Hai hotel have been shouting and moving outside for over an hour to jostle with each other to find a good spot to see the sun rise. Even now, they follow the megaphoned tour guides. We are living in total cloud, missing the rain by a sliver. There is nothing to see. After the sun has secretly risen, without them seeing it, t ... 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