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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. ... [read more]
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. ... [read more] Blog: Shanghai
Date: January 6th 2008
Construction everywhere in Shanghai. Displaced people (the old folks, usually) living on the edge of rubble yards that used to be their low-rise apt. blocks. Sunday, on my morning walk, I saw masses of peasant-migrant men crouched in a line waiting for possible work at a construction project. Huge migration from the countryside to the jobs the construction boom is fueling. Workers live in hasti ... read more
Date: January 6th 2008
Construction everywhere in Shanghai. Displaced people (the old folks, usually) living on the edge of rubble yards that used to be their low-rise apt. blocks. Sunday, on my morning walk, I saw masses of peasant-migrant men crouched in a line waiting for possible work at a construction project. Huge migration from the countryside to the jobs the construction boom is fueling. Workers live in hasti ... read more
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Let's spend time in every country in the world, I said to myself at age 8. There are twice as many countries now, and I'm still traveling. ... full info
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