the fearsome warrior....and the terracotta army

The forgotten terracotta warriors!

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August 26th 2010
Before I get onto Shanghai, I must make a confession. I forgot about the Terracotta army. In my defence, I was not the only one, as they went undiscovered for 2000 years. However I apologise. I managed to squeeze in a visit on my penultimate day in Xian, and visited with Cole, another volunteer from the hostel. Spread out in two huge aircraft hangers, the scale of the warriors is even more imp ... 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