On January 21, 1992, then-Chinese President Deng Xiaoping strolled through the stone forests of Yunnan, turned left at the Three Gorges, quickly saw the Xian terra cotta warriors, walked the entire length of the Great Wall and stood at the foot of Tibet’s Potala Palace. All in a single morning and traveling only on foot and by golf cart.
He was visiting …
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