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Sun
27
Jun '10

Slideshow: Terracotta Warriors

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Sat
26
Jun '10

Xian

A soft-sleeper from Beijing brought us to Xi’an, a Shaanxi city which has expanded past its ancient walls with the same flurry of activity and industry that we saw in the north. Once the capital-city of the region, Xian is now most famous for the discovery of the Terracotta Warriors nearby.
And admittedly, they are pretty [...]

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