South Putuo Temple

Xiamen, China

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March 9th 2010
After a day at sea, we arrived at Xiamen about 11:00am. It will be one of our shorter port stops as we depart for Hong Kong at 7:00pm tonight. Xiamen is an island city with a rich and dramatic history, replete with pirates, rebel leaders and European merchants. Now linked to the mainland Fujian by a causeway, Xiamen retains a strong international flavor. Xiamen has a long history as a port city, a ... 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