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What do you expect.

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April 19th 2013
Geo: 37.21, 112.17I knew that this trip to China would be an interesting one. After all they have a culture that has developed independent of the west and can be easily traced back over 5000 years. So I expected to come across a few things that could never be imagined. Take the language for instance, I speak no Mandarin and most Chinese speak no English, there are 1.35 billion people here it w ... read more

Asia » China » Shanxi » Pingyao

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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