Part One: The Patrons
A Chinese museum is a fascinating place. Not because of the exhibitions of history. No, in a country with a heritage longer than that of Jesus the ubiquitousness of artifacts is less impressive than expected. Nowadays, with a proliferation of middle class Chinese people embracing all forms of...
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While most travelers come to this great land in order to see the famous structures it has erected – ancient walls, temples, and fortresses, or even the more recently built stadiums and towers – they regrettably miss out on another important, and arguably more impressive, sightseeing possibility. Here, not only can one...
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Buffalo Knees
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Wolf Faces
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Totally Awesome Picture of the Week 23
This image portrays a “barbarous” man (Chinese ba nationality) clutching a spear and peering curiously from his shelter of twigs. Obvious within the poetic subtleties is China’s heed to its minorities and the care China has taken to preserve the culture and lifestyle of its indigenous...
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Totally Awesome Picture of the Week 22
This is White Horse Cave. Feelings provoked within its confines are less of the typical spelunking claustrophobia and more of the “searching for the bar in some sort of labyrinth style new age night club.”
Though it is obvious that the tour of this hole in the ground...
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Totally Awesome Picture of the Week 21
Now I see it.
The largest dam in the world. The 3 Gorges Dam. A barrier of miraculous proportion. The Great Wall of the Hubei province. The Great Dam.
And how great it is.
While the media prefers to address the political implications, we will...
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