Look-out pagoda

The End of the Wall

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October 14th 2012
This weekend, I decided to stay in Luannan (at the school) and catch up on some lesson planning and rest. Three days is a long time to do nothing, so I looked up some Hebei Province sights, on the off-chance that one of them might be close to the school. I discovered that the end of the Great Wall was about 2 hours away by car. The Great Wall of China starts at the coast, running right out into ... 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