Tianamen sq.

Beijing

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September 25th 2009
Hola! My last and final entry of my travelblog as I returned home last saturday and facing the expected huge jetlag! Our departure from Ussuriysk, Russia, was a pretty early one but that didn't matter as we all wanted to head out the country asap and enter China just as quickly :o The busride itself was a pretty comfy one with mainly russians and chinese, and 3 dutchies! Thanks to the very t ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing » Chaoyang district » Central Business district

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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