Shaoyang

Hello Shaoyang

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January 18th 2011
Hi All, I'm going to try again. I did a blog yesterday and it all crashed and I lost it all. Anyway we've made and we're all settled in. The journey was a bit of a nightmare. We had too much luggage. Thanks to the guys at the train station who helped with all our luggage, I'm sure we'd have missed the train if it wasn't for them! Also thanks to the couple in our compartment who had to pu ... 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