isn't it beautiful

Suzhou - Wu Gui

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June 25th 2013
Gui (龟) I'm at the hostel with my feet in a bowl of water. I'm exhausted – I thought it would be a normal day – it’s only 10.30am. Zao Shang, I kept my promise with the ladies in the park and went to play shuttle cock footy with them before 7am, backed out gracefully through inability to play after about 5 minutes, watched for an hour, then went home, showered, ate, then de ... 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