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Is missing Xian a mistake?

We are planning to be in China for 7 nights/8 days and planning to visit Shanghai and Beijing. We are thinking of visiting Xian in between Shanghai and Beijing by train: Shanghai/Xian, Xian/Beijing. Is seeing terracotta army worth this effort and time?... ...full story at Lonely Planet

from Lonely Planet on Tue, Mar 13 2007

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