China - A Night at the Opera

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September 26th 2012
September 26 ended with a dinner show at an opera hall on the outskirts of Beijing. The hall was very ornate and flanked on both sides with three tiers of viewing boxes. The whole place would probably hold 300 people. However, on this Wednesday night, there were about 30 of us, front and center, and my chair was most front and center of all, about ten feet from the stage. As we finished our del ... 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