Xidan

Xidan

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August 13th 2006
We were supposed to go to the Forbidden City today, but it was raining and some of the people I was supposed to be going with from work were not able to come, so we cancelled our plans. So instead Diana and I went to another Chinese market, called Xidan. It was not as much a touristy place so it was a slightly different atmosphere than some of the other markets to which we have been. For lunch we ... 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