Great Wall

咏春! and the Great Wall

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April 3rd 2010
Today I climbed the Great Wall of China! It was fantastic, lived up to the hype. The scenery was great, almost up in mountains, but it's not something to listen to me describe, just something that you have to do yourself! Quoting a sign from one of the many shops there, Mao Zedong himself apparently said: 'he who doesn't reach the Great Wall isn't a true man!' This was on a shop selling souvenir c ... 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