Chairman Mao

Slumming it in Shanghai

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November 28th 2005
Unfortunately we only had one day to enjoy this enchanting megalopolis. After arriving in the city by bus we found ourselves wandering the dim back alleys of Shanghai. You wouldn't think it would be hard to find our hotel (pictured), but when everything is in chinese charachters and the locals only speak chinese, and you're not even sure you've got the right hotel things can get pretty messy. But ... read more

Asia » China » Shanghai

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more