Kowloon Walled City Park

Kowloon Walled City

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April 8th 2010
Geo: 22.3317, 114.189Today we decided to go to Kowloon Walled City Park. This used to be a 'no mans' land that was not ruled by England or China. For 30 years this area had high rates of prostitution, gambling and drug use. It also housed a lot of illegal doctors and dentists with Chinese qualifications and years of experience, but lacking the expensive licences required to practice in t ... read more

Asia » China

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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