Alice

Alice was our guide for the trip. She is part of the Tujai minority one of 56 minority groups in China. Each one is very proud of their history, dialect, clothing and traditions. The Han minority is the largest of these 56, making up about 90% of the population in the country. Alice was very proud to show us her region and tell us about the Tujai people.

Yangtze River Cruise - day 3

October 3rd 2009
Day 3 of our travels: Todays excursion is on a small tributary of the Yangtze (Chang Jiang) River called the Shennong stream. It is well known in China for the 'trekkers'. Because the water level in the stream was very low, the men would often have to get out and pull the boats for long distances- this ws the only method of transporting goods to the people who lived here. Now, because of the f ... 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

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