Summer Palace

The China Experience

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May 29th 2011
Hello all! I am sorry it has been such a long time and that I have been so rubbish and not blogged in 5 WEEKS, but I was unable to blog the whole time I was in China and Tibet (being technically part of China too)....meaning I have loads to write about (so pity me as I have about 60 pages of my diary to write about in what will end up being around 5 separate blogs)...... I am now in Kathmandu in ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing » Dongcheng

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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