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Jiayuguan

Ethnic diversity, in sandwich form

by Jessica Marsden on September 9, 2009

All over western China, you can find stalls selling 肉夹饼, pronounced roujiabing. At it’s most basic, a roujiabing is a seasoned chopped meat filling, stuffed inside a round pocket of bread. But not all roujiabing are created equal — and I’m not talking about quality. As we traveled around Gansu and Qinghai, every bite into [...]

Tagged as: food, Gansu Province, Jiayuguan, Lanzhou, Qinghai, Western China (Aug. '09), Xining

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Slideshow: Jiayuguan Fort and the Great Wall

by Jessica Marsden on September 4, 2009

Just added: Guides to Jiayuguan and Dunhuang, Gansu Province In between Lanzhou and Dunhuang sits the small town of Jiayuguan, which was once the westernmost outpost of the Chinese empire. Centuries ago, a huge fort marked the end of the Great Wall and the beginning of barbarian lands. Today, China’s reach extends much farther west [...]

Tagged as: Gansu Province, Jiayuguan, slideshow, Western China (Aug. '09)

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Jiayuguan: Gateway to Barbaria

by Jessica Marsden on August 9, 2009

The fort at Jiayuguan once marked “the end of China” and the beginning of barbarian lands. It was where the Great Wall ended — and where threats to the Chinese empire might be expected to begin. Stepping into the fort, it is immediately clear that it had more in common with medieval European castles than [...]

Tagged as: blogsherpa, China, Gansu, Jiayuguan, Western China (Aug. '09)

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