Guangzhou

Chungking to China

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December 19th 2011
After a week of sad farewells we downed a last few hoppy US beers with Derek before boarding the 2 a.m. Megabus to New York. <span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Apart from some interminably long waits, not least overnight in the architecturally magnificent but freezing new Beijing airport, we made it to ... read more

Asia » China » Guangxi

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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