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Get your snake out.

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February 9th 2013
The fireworks fiasco was a bit quieter this year. Following the recent pollution scares, everyone was told (Hollowmen style) to 'exercise restraint'. So we thought we'd reminisce and rewatch our 2008 fireworks video... the one where the explosions were right outside our window. (The first photo on that blog is of Nan Luo Gu ... 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