Great walls, great corporations

Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven, Great Wall

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July 17th 2006
It's been a few days so I thought I'd update this. I think I can put photos on in this internet cafe but seem to have left the cables in my bag which is all nicely locked up now we've checked out. Will add some later, I promise. We had an exciting day on Friday, it took far longer than it should have to book our train tickets to Nanjing but we got there in the end. It seems they decided to m ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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