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A Night in Nanjing

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October 6th 2007
Being in Shanghai for Dan meant an important opportunity to see her mother's former very close friend, whom she calls aunty, two hours by rail up the track at Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province. We arrived in mid evening and got dropped off by the taxi driver, a block away from our destination. We (eventually) visited their lovely flat and were lavished with hospitality, including a meal o ... read more

Asia » China » Jiangsu » Nanjing

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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