Peking street by night

In Guangzhou

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June 2nd 2005
Firstly, in gratitude of my granduncle’s great hospitality, I must list the number of places he brought me to visit within a short frame of 2 days: 珠江夜游，北京路， 广州 exhibition & convention centre, 越秀山，中山纪念堂，陈家祠，宝墨园，白云山，上下九步行街，沙面，白天鹅酒店, 500 luohans, liu rong temple Btw, My granduncle is 73 years old, but ... read more

Asia » China

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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