The Shanghai Opera

Living Day to Day

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September 29th 2007
Hello again. This one is just a throw together of photos from my life in Shenzhen. Dan and I are living in a small unit on the 29th floor made available through her work. We are in the locality of Mei Lin ("beautiful forrest"), a half hour bus trip from central Shenzhen (Dan thinks the tree near her bus stop has a dragon in it - she has a vivid imagination!). The unit has just 3 rooms, a kitch ... read more

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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