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and kids like it too

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July 16th 2006
There seems to be a bit of confusion about Ping An/Long Sheng/Longji, at least in my mind. I was'nt truly sure about where i was when i was viewing the rice terraces....was I in Ping An still? Was this Longsheng or was it Longji I was looking at? No signposts that i could see, no big maps in the hotel, maybe i just wasnt looking hard enough. Anyway, it harldy seems to matter to me now, it was all ... 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