Girl Studying in Yongzhou, south of Qiyang

Return to Qiyang and Shifu's Story

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July 10th 2010
Admist the pollution and traffic, the crowds and the noise, the urban monstrosities, the construction and the modernity, I had forgotten how beautiful China is. On the train leaving Qiyang, I had just woken up when the whole car became astir, and passengers rushed to the windows to fascinate over the landscape. Gigantic grey rocks, pocked and jagged by time, towered over farmfields, dwarfing the f ... read more

Asia » China » Hunan

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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