Made in China

Biiiiicycle Biiiiicycle....

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October 27th 2006
’TWAS Tom Munro, from Ningxia Lu, that caught the cycling craze; He turned away the good old bus (11, 226, 205, 31) that served him many days (6 weeks); He dressed himself in cycling clothes (jeans,tshirt), resplendent to be seen; He hurried off to town and bought a shining new machine (300yuan, $45aus); And as he wheeled it through the door, with air of lordly pride, The grinning shop assist ... 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