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Yangshou

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August 18th 2012
I have suddenly moved from north China to south China (by plane). The scenery is very different here to anything I have seen in north China. This is an area of karst limestone towers and it looks just like the picture books. We arrived here at the mountain retreat which is by the Yulong river to see all the rafts with their colourful parasols passing by the hotel. Our room has a view to the river ... read more

Asia » China » Guangxi

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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