My second day in Beijing

at Tiananmen Square, met some local students who invited my friend and I to visit an art exhibition. I invested in a Chinese scroll... i asked them to write "Inner Peace/harmony and Happiness" on the silk canvas. My good luck charm! ...mind you, this is such a tourist scam! but I liked the students so I didn't mind.

China... and The Great Boulevard of Tourists

May 22nd 2006
China is an exciting country, I didn't give it much of a chance with a short visit of two weeks, but I plan to come back and do it properly one day. In China my luck still followed me hand in hand. Apart from my lower back injury, which left me crippled for a few days, I made great friends here and had quite a nice time. I seem to get lucky at airports, I met a Hong Kong guy on the plane travelli ... 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

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