Marco Polo Museum, Yangzhou

Ha ha! I don't have oil

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April 29th 2011
Photos: …..why would anyone in their right mind get up at 5.15am on a Sunday morning, Easter morning in fact, to run 21.? kilometres around the streets of Yangzhou in the annual Half ma-la-song, sorry, marathon. No idea, but I & probably half of the rest of this school of, including students & children, nearly 5,000, is ready to ... 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