Run little dog!

Xi'an

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June 21st 2010
At least once a day in China, I feel like I'm going to die. We arrived in Xi'an in the evening on the 19th. We got off to a rocky start - first we were duped into taking a "taxi" with these pretend taxi drivers. They basically use their own cars, charge a flat rate (no meters), and do the trips as fast as they can. We were taken across entire airport parking lot looking for the taxi vehicle to ... 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