The men whipping the spinning tops

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Mazes, Statues, Toboggans and Chinese History (briefly)

September 21st 2011
It feels like quite some time since I actually talked in any great detail about Xiangyang, the city I lived in until very recently, so let's do that. Given where it's situated - 10 hours from Xi'an, 18 hours from Beijing in, truth be told, a fairly nondescript province in the middle of China - it's never likely to be any kind of foreign tourist Mecca, particularly given the comp ... read more

Asia » China » Hubei » Xiangfan

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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