First view, Mao

China

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October 1st 2006
China is amazing but can be hard. It’s hard to capture the thousands of amazing, crazy things that happen every day. It's hard to sift through the vast history of one of the most ancient, powerful civilizations in the world. It’s hard to capture the struggle of daily life for the millions of people of the most populous country as they toil to survive. It's amazing to take a stroll along a monu ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing » Forbidden City

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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