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Yan'an

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August 6th 2012
Very few western tourists visit Yan'an (apart from the odd Dragoman truck). It is a centre for Mao museums and memorials. These are incredibly important for the Chinese who are educated to believe that hero was the equivalent of a Churchill. The revolutionary museum had only limited information in English. It covered the Sino-Japanese war and there were some similarities with our museums relating ... read more

Asia » China » Shaanxi

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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