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The stone people

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June 30th 2005
8:00am, Shuyuan International Youth Hostel Wow, this is going to be a great day. Although i was warned by the other people from the hostel not to expect too much from the terracotta warriors, i was overly optimistic. History had always been one of my interest and the terracotta warriors date back 240 BC. So it was like a piece straight out of history. I quickly took my bath and waited for the tou ... 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