Spring time in Beijing

The year that was....2010

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December 9th 2010
The year that was....2010 Dear Family and Friends It's that time of the year again and I see that it's been a year since I looked at the Travel Blog site. I now realise that all I had written (not very much) was all for nothing as I didn't 'publish' any of it! So thought I would 'publish' it before I add the news of 2010. So now that you have caught up with the beginning of 2010 I can updat ... 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