Outside of the city

The Last Offerings of Winter

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March 30th 2010
Winter arrived early, with a deluge of snow at the end of October, and also departed quite late. It seemed to me that we were well into April before the signs of spring made themselves apparent... But as I am writing this a good few months after the event, I could well be distorting the truth. It was on one particular weekend that greeted the city with another surprise late-snow storm, that m ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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