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ational amenities of Europe and the United States. I learned that the remarkable park system of London descends from royal holdings not unlike those in Beijing.
Officials in China, Mongolia and Russia worry about their claims to land that is so inhospitable that few people can be supported upon it and few can be persuaded to inhabit it. The Gobi Desert, which we crossed in China and Mongolia is that sort of land, as is much of Siberia. The Chinese train that we boarded at the Great Wall stopped at the Mongolian border for us to change to the Orient Express at Erlian, a frontier looking place. On some maps, Erlian has other names.
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