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Xi'an: The Muslim Quarter  
   

Xi'an: The Muslim Quarter

BBQ beef squewers, just like I used to eat in Pakistan.
The Silk Road

November 28th 2009
These days you don't have to be an adventurer like Marco Polo to travel China's Silk Road. It is a chain of cities and towns linked by road, rail and sometimes air services. But it is still and adventure to travel it. I spent two weeks on just one of its many routes, from Xi'an in the east, to Kashgar in the west. The plan was simple: from Hong Kong take a bus to Shenzhen, fly to Xi'an, ta ... read more
Asia » China » Xinjiang » Kashgar

Chinese Flag 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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