The famous golden mask

The adventures of the Oakes Family trip to Chengdu and Xian!!!

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August 7th 2014
I have spent a long time planning our trip to Chengdu and Xian with the help of my lovely Chinese teacher Helen!! Every time I think That's it all planned, a place to visit every day she comes up with more fantastic places to see and do!! I had a list of places but that seemed to doubled!! With the plane tickets and hotels booked, driver ready to collect us and look after us we were ready for our ... 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