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If you can look at the sun, its not windy

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February 27th 2012
Hi again. OK, it seems the blog decided my last post was not very good and lost it in cyberspace. Just a few snaps from my walk on the weekend. I was heading to the drum tower... I did not find it. Worked out I turned around 1 block to early :o( Ive included a snap to show how much the air quality suffers here when the wind stops blowing. The photo here is less than 24 hours without wind. ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing » Chaoyang district » Dongzhimen

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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