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Lushun and we saw seashells by the seashore-museum

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July 26th 2009
Ni Hao from Dalian! Today is Sunday so we got a bit of a sleep -in! It was quite rainy this morning but this afternoon turned out to be a beautiful day with comfortable temperatures in the mid-20s. We headed outside of the city today to visit Lushun, also known as Port Arthur. It is the location of Hill 203 the key objective point for both the Russians and Japanese in the 1904-1905 Russo-Japan ... 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