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Awesome Yangtze River Cruise

Awesome Yangtze River Cruise

The Yangtze River is China’s longest river at 6380 kilometers from western China to the Pacific ocean and the third longest in the world. The river has a long cultural and economic importance for China and was prone flooding and fast flowing rapids prior to the Three Gorges Dam project completed around 2009. The river also forms a natural dividing line between North and South China lending to quite different climate and culture. For our cruise we started in Chongqing…

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Visiting China’s Banknote Scenes

Visiting China’s Banknote Scenes

Random traveling is great fun, however, a theme or goal can add structure to guide you onward to the next journey of discovery. Therefore, I decided to visit all of the banknote scenes depicted on the back of Chinese yuan bills. My rationale is these places must be interesting and certainly important enough to be featured on the national currency. China’s Bank Note Scenes   The Great Hall of the People, Beijing (100 Yuan Note) The Great Hall of the…

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