The street vendors...

Tackling China

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October 1st 2009
Tackling China China. Unbelievably confusing, more then a little crazy, and infinitely complicated. I had fixed this country in my mind as the epitome of the challenging travel destination. Before I had begun this trip, I would never have dreamt of tackling this country on my own. The language was too difficult, the cities too vast. Even while successfully navigating through place ... read more

Asia » China

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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