Interesting wall sockets

Devil's Backbone Rice Terraces, LongSheng

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September 13th 2011
After the horrible early start (got up at 5:20AM) in Huai Hua I got on the train. Hard seat carriages have 3 person seats on one side and 2 person seats on the other. Every single 3 person seat was taken up by a person lying down sleeping, so that left only the 2 person seats. They were nearly all taken, but I found one with a working window. The first 2 hours were nice enough. Then a few people l ... 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