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Beijing

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November 10th 2012
So here we are in China. Some interesting sights and smells have greeted our eyes and noses...! The first leg of our Chinese journey landed us in Beijing for 11 nights. Seeing as China is so open to their people having their own feelings and expressions (ahem...!) Facebook is banned, but I did however discover that Instagram has yet to be discovered by the Chinese powers that be! So we have found ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing » Dongcheng

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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