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North Street (I think), Old Town

"Istanbul Not Constantinople"

March 21st 2011
"....why they changed it, I can't say. People just liked it better that way." When I took the job I am now doing here, this city was called Xiangfan, within a week it had decided to change it's name to Xiangyang. Now, I'm not saying these two things are related, they're almost certainly not, but (they're not) it would be quite a good way (they're not) to drum up some publicity (they're not) bef ... read more
Asia » China » Hubei » Xiangfan

Chinese Flag 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
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