Donghuamen Night Market

Poking about in Peking

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January 28th 2013
I’ll begin this blog as we freeze in the waiting room at Harbin rail station. We’d tried following the electronic signs for each train as they were called, but with little success. As the time of our departure drew near, a crowd began to queue politely at the gates to the platform. Around 10mins before the train was due to leave an announcement boomed over the tannoy in Chinese. This was quick ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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