Pian Miao

Heizhiguo and Zhujie market

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May 26th 2010
Lud need to get new visa for China in Hongkong and Dong need to pay compensation to his wife by accompany her to Shanghai, so we split and I went for a short market hunting in Wenshan by myself before heading back to YY. I picked Guangnan Prefecture and I landed myself first in one of its township Heizhiguo(@1550m). I wasn't expected the town would be that big, it was just a spot in the middle o ... 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