ann and mao

Tianamen square

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September 20th 2005
Well bloggers we are here and on the move.After breakfast and the sad task of wishing Bob a good day at work as we headed off on the adventure. The Beijing subway is a modern system and pretty user friendly with signage and maps.Hold up two fingers and money and voila! tickets appear from the ticket window.Ironically the forst people we met were from Ottawa.A couple with children came up to us in ... 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