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Visiting Datong Grottoes in Shanxi, China
While Shanxi Province may be better known as the dusty, polluted coal-producing center of China, it is also one of the country’s oldest areas of civilization. The coal city of Datong in Shanxi was a former capital of the Northern Wei dynasty, a Xianbei (Mongolian) regime which ruled much of northern China from 386-535 AD […]
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Book reviews
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China
Book review- The Emperor Far Away: Travels at the Edge of China
China is a large country with an area of 3.7 million square miles and, though the majority Han ethnic group make up 90% of its population, has over 50 ethnic groups. As a result, beyond the heavily-populated Han-majority provinces with teeming megacities and factory zones, there is a lot of ethnic and cultural diversity on […]
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