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calm days in nanjing

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August 8th 2006
i used these last two days for exploring nanjing a little bit. it's quite a nice city with a lot of green areas. i saw some parts of the city walls which are pretty nice to walk along. of course i had to see another temple. there were a lot of praying people. i saw a stair full of chinese women. they were eating, talking and folding coloured papers. no clue what that had to mean but it was fun loo ... read more

Asia » China » Jiangsu » Nanjing

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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