Summer Palace Lake

Snow for Novices

---

January 23rd 2013
<pre style="line-height: 21px; white-space: normal; color:񬠜 font-size: 15px;">Snow is very cold, makes surfaces slippery and has its own set of sounds.</pre> <pre style="line-height: 21px; white-space: normal; color:񬠜 font-size: 15px;">In December 2012, China experienced its coldest temperatures for 28 years. Jinhua, with a subtropical climate, receives light ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing » Summer Palace

---

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