Ziplining off the great wall

Beijing

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July 7th 2009
My last two entries in this blog have been entered after the study abroad program as I was busy with finals at the end of the program. During the program we had one 5 day break which I used to go to Beijing. Although we initially planned on taking the hard sleeper train for some reason they were only running soft sleepers and it was actually cheaper to fly to Beijing. We arrived late on Thurs ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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