Tai Chi in Xinjie

Yuanyang: Standing on the Terraces

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November 13th 2012
Apologies that the flurry of blogs I promised a few entries ago didn't materialise. Despite many hours on the road, I just never got round to doing my blog homework. It hasn't helped that most bus rides have been more like riding a Big Dipper. <br style="color:� font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;" />Right, where were we up to? We were leaving Yan ... 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