Cute sign by Olympic Park

Beijing, China

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June 16th 2010
We flew from Shenzhen to Beijing early yesterday morning. Upon arrival, Yoyo and Wonder's friend, Suzanna and her husband, picked us from the airport to take us to our hotel. They only spoke Mandarin so it was real test of our non-translational and body language reading skills. We had no idea what the hell was going on. We were turned away from the hotel that Binnson's relatives had originally m ... 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