why do they paint the trees

Raining in China!

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December 7th 2009
Today it rains in China! First time ive seen anything close to rain here so quite a novelty. last night we went shopping but found nothing . . . well I found nothing, paris bought all sorts of odd things. we did go to a really nice restaurant, in a little back alley which was fun. also we explored a big maze of alleys with all sorts of shops in it. look really cool, I should have taken more ph ... read more

Asia » China » Guangdong » Guangzhou

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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