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Sunday - pandas, peoples park. Old city and leaving Changdou

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August 31st 2014
We were up early the next day as we were off to see the pandas as the research and breeding centre. We ate our pre ordered breakfasts and took two mini vans to the centre. We were joined by two English guys, son and farther. The son had been stud typing karate at the Shaolin temple for 18 months and was heading back to the UK via the tans Siberian pass on the train. The journey took about ... 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