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Hordes on the Wall

February 22nd 2015
Geo: 39.9165, 116.391I had expected the Wall to be empty because it was winter but once again every Chinese family in Beijing were out and about because it was still a holiday and it was also a Sunday. There were literally hordes of them clambering up and down the same stretch. They do not have the British sense of orderly queueing but barge along. I was glad I had my walking stick as there are ... read more
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Chinese Flag 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
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