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I'm Huge in China

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September 23rd 2010
There is an attraction, a sort of park, in the south of Kunming. Originally, an ambitious developer decided to make Kunming the site of China's largest botanical butterfly garden. Apparently nobody got very excited about the garden, which is perhaps less than half an acre in size, and the developer decided to expand. A little over a year ago, the owner began to hire little people to dress up in ... 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