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Qingdao

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July 14th 2012
Hi All, I've had a great time wandering around the old parts of this city. As is usual here in China the contrast are incredible. From huge villas overlooking the beaches with big cars on the drives to the have nots. Qingdao was a German concession and remained part of the German Empire until the end of the First World War. As part of the reparations after the Great War the concession ... 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