In front of Forbidden City

Beijing and my first full experience of Mainland China

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March 8th 2010
Recently we were blessed with a week off from university for the Chinese New Year. The majority of exchange students jetted off to the Philippines to work on their tans. I didn’t so much see the point of this when it was only going to wear off by the time I flew home. Instead Ben and I booked a trip to Beijing; the heartland of modern China steeped in thousands of year’s history. This had been ... 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