Tiananmen Square...

The People's square...outside Chairman Mao's mausoleum... Many many Chinese lined up for a glimpse of their beloved Mao. Inside the mausoleum lay Mao,...the faces of the Chinese were priceless! They took everything so seriously. I must say, I have never forgotten our school excursion to see the preserved body of Bulgaria's former communist leader when I was a child.

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

Asia » China » Beijing

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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