The Great Wall

Beijing

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August 6th 2006
Here's a belated post about my trip to China last July: The first thing I noticed in Beijing was how different their accent was compared to Shanghai. I had actually gotten used to hearing Mandarin spoken around me for the last few days which was much different from Korean and its up and down whiny sound. Mandarin reminded me of Thai with all the tones, but not in Beijing. Even after growing up wi ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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