Beijing - Day One 003

Beijing - Day One

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July 24th 2014
My trip to Beijing started from Narita Airport with a half hour flight delay, but it ended up being fine because I had a longer layover in Shanghai. Kelly had gone ahead of me to visit Xian and met me in the Beijing Airport. The first thing I noticed was how loud everything was, because in Japan people are generally pretty quiet in public spaces and on public transportation. This was just the begi ... 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