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Suzhou/Nanjing

To the One Yuan and Back

November 27th 2006
Our second day of the tour dropped us off at a Buddhist temple garden. There were Buddha's carved into the rock everywhere. Mostly the laughing Buddha, which is the most popular in China, and my personal favorite. Everytime I think of Buddha, I think of Melissa. She'll know what I mean. "Who is this jolly fat man?" He reminds me of Santa Clause a little, but mostly resembles a character out of ... read more
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Chinese Flag 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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