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Trip to Leshan and other stuff

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June 17th 2005
Sorry for the delay in correspondance, finding a place to get on the internet is becoming more and more difficult given that the summer is here and it appears that most of the labs go on vacation too. So anyways today I went to Leshan to see the largest Buddha statue in the world, measuring about 71 meters tall and carved into the side of the mountain overlooking the merging of 2 rivers. I have so ... read more

Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu

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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