Streets of Beijing

A day to myself

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July 2nd 2006
After the Great Wall yesterday, we didn't feel like finding another hotel since ours didn't have vacancies for the night, so we crashed with Edwin, Jerrell, and Laura at the Peninsula Hotel, the nicest hotel in Beijing. But we stayed out all night anyway at a bar watching the world cup games. For some reason the Taxis went on strike for a few hours that nigh, though, so we took a couple of tuk tuk ... 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