Drinking tea in the park.

Pandas in Chengdu

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July 23rd 2005
I woke in Chengdu, thankfully minus my headache and pleasantly surprised with our accommadation which I hadn’t even noticed the previous evening. The décor was very modern and upmarket. Unfortunately we didn’t have a lot of time to enjoy it as very early that morning we set off to visit the Panda Breeding Centre. You have to arrive early if you wish to see pandas as after they finish their mo ... 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