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Hangzhou forests

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September 8th 2012
Unfortunately my second day in Hangzhou was rained off. I spent the day shopping and enjoyed a cup of tea in one of the many tea houses around the lake. In town I spotted a film crew for some reason filming a tea house with the traditional tea pouring ceremony, metal tea pots with long spouts that are placed on the head and then poured into a tiny cup. The weather fortunately improved to dull w ... 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