Kaley B-day

Hainan!

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June 29th 2005
We are now on Hainan Island and need to catch up for not updating our blog recently. Xi’an (meaning western peace) was a really fun city to visit, in many ways more fun than Beijing. It was the capital of China for 1100 years, 600 more years than Beijing has been the capital. It has been called the cradle of Chinese civilization, and was the original trading city for Silk Road entrepreneurs. ... 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