Rubbing Shoulders with Chairman Deng 20141116_191625_Richtone(HDR)

Rubbing Shoulders with Chairman Deng

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November 19th 2014
Hi All, Lovely to go to Shenzhen for the weekend and to escape the chilly weather here in Hunan. So with a wonderfully sunny and warm day I went to visit Lian Hua Shan park to see the statue of Deng Xiao Ping. Deng Xiao Ping was definitely a survivor after surviving many of Mao's purges and even ended up working in a tractor engine factory during the Cultural Revolution, while others like Liu S ... 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