Hangzhou Temple

Visiting China

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October 14th 2006
In China, almost everyone in the country has holiday at the same time:- - a week for Chinese New Year in January/February - a week for Labour 'Day' in May (yeah confused me as well) - a week for National Day in October (see above comment) This presents the obvious difficulty of an enormous amount of people traveling at one time. I think it's a convenient way of controlling the movement o ... read more

Asia » China

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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