Stares but not much sympathy

Wandering around Jinan

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October 20th 2012
A Saturday off, so today’s plan is to head toward the Spring City Park which is further south than Spring City Square. It’s called Quan Cheng and is a huge expanse of forest areas, water features and paths. Pine trees featured in the area I was in, reminding me a lot of New Zealand and the South Island’s parks and domains of my childhood. I took the 79 bus up Ji Shan Lu South and stopp ... 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