China Cable TV building

Rain, rain, go away

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September 4th 2009
I haven't made any entries the past 2 days because the events in Beijing have been somewhat uneventful. We are staying in a hotel near the Beijing airport and it has been raining hard since we arrived. Lisa wanted to take me to the Great Wall but the drive is long and she wanted to leave very early in the morning and we got to sleep very late so we decided to go to Tienanment Square and the Forbid ... 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