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China, Beijing -- October 8 & 9, 2013

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October 30th 2013
October 8th We arrived in Beijing yesterday, and have to say that the airport is beyond any other airport we have been in. Upon arrival you take a train to another terminal to collect your luggage, the crowing into the train was such that it would have been impossible to fall since we packed so securely. Today we took a cab to the Temple of Heaven, which is a combination of a large park wit ... 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