Border Crossing

Frustration In China

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March 29th 2010
I left Lau Cai and walked across the bridge to the town of Hekou situated in China. I got to see Chinese bureacracy first hand. There was the temperature exam, then forms to fill out, then when I gave them my passport they kept going over it for ages as though they expected the pages to change or something. After this I was brought into another room where my bigger backpack was searched. Seemingly ... read more

Asia » China » Yunnan

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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