following the Yellow River

the suburbs do look like any other Chinese City

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Lanzhou, Gansu province: a typical Chinese city

June 5th 2013
Lanzhou. One day in a typical Chinese city. I only spent a short day in Lanzhou, the capital city of Gansu province. There are quite a few parks and temples around Lanzhou but I found this city pretty crowded, messy and noisy (It’s a Chinese city!) and I was really looking forward to hitting the road towards the countryside. After an overnight train ride from Beijing I quickly found a hotel, ... read more

Asia » China » Gansu » Lanzhou

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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