Terracotta Army Pit 1

Xi'an and the Terracotta Warriors

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March 3rd 2011
I should have written about this before I flew out for Spring Festival, but I was pretty busy grading at the time. Things are going pretty well back at school and you can expect some blog posts within the next few weeks about my Spring Festival travels. I went to Xi’an in the beginning of December with my parents before they flew back to the U.S. The first day we spent in Xi’an was started ... 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