Qing Ping market

February 15th 2013
Guangzhou in a day! After spending 10 days in Hong Kong for the Chinese new year my first taste of China was Guangzhou, and what a shock to the system it was. I arrived by train slightly late as i had missed my first train, after i passed through customs and into Guangzhou station your greeted by what is a heaving mass of people. no one there spoke English, most the signage was in Chin ... 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

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Spike Pritchard

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For as long as I can remember I have always been interested in Asia, I love the people, the culture and especially the food, going to Hong Kong to see the Chinese New Year celebrations has been a dream of mine for over 2 decades! I think it all started when I was young with our weekly take away night, I would always hope it was Chinese. As a child you are told that you eat sweet things at the end of your meal for desert, so imagine my amazement when I tried Chinese food for the first time, stir fried chicken coated in a sweet and sticky sauce hmmm!! I’m fascinated to see how in their coo... full info

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