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China? S New Glorious Past
China’s Glorious New Past
Ian Johnson Ian Johnson A view of Datong’s city walls under construction I first went to Datong in 1984 and was immediately taken by this gritty city in China’s northern Shanxi Province. Along with half a dozen classmates from Peking University, I traveled eight hours on an overnight train, arriving in a place that felt even more old-fashioned than Beijing was at the time. It was one of those …
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