The old tunnel on Gulang Island ferry terminal to the residential area

Trying to get to Gulang Yu in Xiamen.....

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November 7th 2014
We left Liuilian at lunchtime by bus for the next, and last stage, of our Chinese trip. This time we were headed to the coastal city of Xiamen about four hours away. Xiamen was the main port used for the export of tea during the nineteenth century and after it's capture by the British during the first Opium War was opened as one of five treaty ports in China. European settlement left the legacy of ... 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