Jen looking forward to a nice meal

Great Wall and bugs on a stick

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August 25th 2006
Aug 20th - 24th So apart for the eyes, what else did we get up to in Beijing? Now settled in our nice hotel we could properly explore the bustling city centre of Beijing. Our hotel was close to a busy shopping and eating street called Wangfujing which had a mix of ultramodern and very traditional eating choices. We frequently ate in a busy food court always packed with locals and which had an ... 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