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Chengdu

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June 1st 2011
(I wrote this a while ago, only just getting around to posting it now) I took Em to Chengdu as part of her birthday present, as it is home to the main Panda research and breeding centre in China. I would say Chengdu is in the west of China as it took almost 3hrs to fly there, but I think it is actually slap bang in the middle - it is easy to forget just how huge China is. It is a m ... 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