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Terra Cotta Warriors

January 29th 2010
A couple of weeks ago I was sent to Xi'an, China to participate in a quality audit of one of our derrick equipment sub-vendors. It was a lot of flying for a single day of work, but such is the job. On the plus side, once business was finished with our hosts in China arranged to take our group out to dinner and to see the Terra Cotta Warriors. I was not a big fan of the city of Xi'an itself. ... read more
Asia » China

Chinese Flag 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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