Suopo

Dan Ba

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June 30th 2010
The prospect of a ten hour bus journey doesn't seem to be such a daunting prospect these days, and as hoped it sped by. The driver careered along the motorway and didn't alter his speed as the roads gradually disintegrated into shingled pot-holed riverside tracks. We followed the course of a spectacular river as it first meandered then raged, waterfalls tumbling from great heights and eddys swirli ... 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