My trip around the world Toronto to Chicago: taking an airplane Cost of airplane: 200 dollars Chicago‚ U.S.A (41.52’ N/ 87.37’ W) Staying at: family friends house – staying for 6 days Event : Chicago Cubs game $45 per ticket row 18 The rest of the time I’m in Chicago I will be travelling looking at the scenery and having a good time with my family friends. After I will be going to a Chicago Cub’s game and just enjoying my time in Chicago for 6 days. Travel distance from: Chicago U.S.A to
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level is relatively low‚ area develops lopsided; level of science and technology and cultural quality is not high enough. “China is the world’s …over 1.3 billion…” [1] It shows how many people China has now. And the most intensive urban are Shanghai‚ Beijing‚ Tianjin…and that makes most of the main business are local in these cities. The main businesses are processing trade‚ like iron and steel‚ shipbuilding‚ tires…etc. It brings a multitude of business opportunities to cooperate with these countries
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points that I want to point out why I think Marco Polo did get to China. At first Niccolo Polo and Matteo Polo‚ both father and uncle to Marco Polo‚ were merchants who set out into Asia in AD 1255‚ and supposed to reached Cambuluc (present day Beijing)‚ Kublai ’s capital in AD 1266. They returned to Europe‚ supposedly bearing a letter from Kublai Khan to the Pope to send some 200 representatives from the Church. There was little cause to doubt their account bearing the message from Kublai‚ though
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history‚ and there are many tourist attractions that people are worthy of visiting. As Beijing for example‚ it is the capital city of China‚ inside of which you are able to see the Forbidden City that full of ancient art pieces and collections‚ and also the famous Great Wall that was made of rocks and built thousands of years ago‚ moreover‚ it is the only architecture that you can see from the satellite. Apart from Beijing‚ there are also many attractive and historical places‚ such as Xian with rock-made
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ways since the days of Mao when people starved‚ just to keep up to their cultural beliefs. Yet‚ the sheer scale of development and the feeling of being in highly dynamic‚ fast growth‚ “everything is possible” mentality of China was overwhelming. Beijing and Shanghai are obvious examples of what China is hoping to achieve‚ but the development in interior areas like Suzhou and Chengdu made me stop and wonder what the Chinese juggernaut is striving to achieve. The speaker sessions were eye-opening
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foreign influence and changes in China. China agreed to open 11 more ports‚ permit foreign legations in Beijing‚ sanction Christian missionary activity‚ and legalize the import of opium. Again China was not okay with the changes and their inability to deal with the changes and Britain’s determination to enforce the treaty led to a renewal of the war‚ in which British and French troops occupied Beijing and burned the imperial summer palace. This
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The Chinese Voyages of Exploration Succeeded by the non-Chinese Qing Dynasty‚ the Ming Dynasty is considered to be the last native dynasty to exist. The Ming Dynasty lasted from 1368 to 1644 and is known as the greatest era of social stability and organized government (European). Zhu Yuanzhang founded the Ming Dynasty; he is also known as Hongwu‚ Taizu‚ and Ming Taizu. Hongwu died in 1382‚ leaving his grandson‚ Huidi‚ the next heir. However‚ Chengzu‚ or Yongol‚ created a military campaign to
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Forbidden City Quote Chart Theme Quotation Son and dad relationship -“I’m really proud of [my dad]” (Bell‚ 2) -“I have to handle the tickets and boarding passes and steer Dad around “ (Bell‚ 10) -“Alex‚ I would rather have you up here in case anything happens” (98) -“I wanted dad to be with me” (143) -“He searched my face‚ his eyes coming alive”(187) Grief Alex and Dad are grief-stricken when they think of their mom‚ who are not living with them -Dad’s “shoulders and head shook from
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homeland are! There are still too many places we can go. I had a great trip to the Great Wall. China’s Great Wall is one of great tourist attractions of the world‚ which is a huge‚ serrated wall that zigzags its way from the northwest and north of Beijing to the east and west along the undulating mountains‚ which is said to be visible from the moon. When I was young I could always see the pictures of the Great Wall‚ and I could see the videos about the Great Wall from our TV‚ but I still wanted to
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Xikang Zhang Hello‚ Canada. I said it two years ago When the flight came from Beijing China‚ which landed at the airport of Vancouver I was not along luckily with my sister The place we arrived in‚ was a brand new and strange city for us. I was staring at the snow fluttering in the air with fascinate texture outside in the school library Sitting around a round table with my Canadian friends Everything had changed significantly into positive direction.. I was like a little
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