Poverty_In_Nanjing

This plane is Going to China!!

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July 28th 2017
As a massive West Wing fan, "this plane is going to China" (and hence the blog name) , has been one of those things that I always wanted to say, and while I did go to Beijing many years ago, it was literally just to get on a train to Russia, so there was no real chinese experience. Hanging out in Hong Kong is always interesting as I have done many times, but mainland China is a completely differen ... read more

Asia » China » Jiangsu » Nanjing

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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