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Flight to Beijing

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September 21st 2014
After a good licking from the neighbour's dog, we set off on a rather damp drizzly morning. Despite many spurious warnings on the M4 we arrived at Heathrow with little fuss, allowing an earlier than expected visit to one of the many coffee outlets at Heathrow. The flight was uneventful, other than the presence of Michael Wood (TV History presenter) sitting two rows ahead of us. First impressions o ... 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