The Great Wall

The Wall that was Great

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September 12th 2006
The day began with the usual wake up and discussion about what we should do for breakfast and what not. As we made our way down the street checking out what was breakast worthy we noticed there is a KFC on every street corner. It is deifently apparrent that there are far more KFC's than McDonalds in China. Which is odd becuase you would just assume that McDonalds would be like the west and ther ... 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