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Xi'an City Wall 西安城墙

October 3rd 2012
Two Dutch guys from my hostel and I decided to check out the Xi'an city wall. Over one thousand years old, the city wall is 12 meters high, 12-14 meters across the top,15-18 meters thick at bottom and 13.7 kilometers to walk all the way around. It's one of the oldest defense systems in the world. It's quite popular to rent bicycles and ride around the wall. We looked into doing it, ... read more
Asia » China » Shaanxi » Xi'an

Chinese Flag 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
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