Flag raising on July 1st

Red lantern hanging up high

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July 30th 2006
Oh...what a stupid title I have named...What I mean is "Da hong deng long gao gao gua". Blame the translation, not me~~ Beijing as a capital city of China, it has a strong cultural vibe that my hometown, the southern China can not provide. My original plan was to stay here for a month and just to take a rest and learn the basic theory about Guzeng, the Chinese Zither. But I ended up being amaze ... 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