Belleville, Ontario, China

We've Arrived

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March 17th 2008
I spent most of the plane ride practicing "Where is the toilet" and "I need to vomit. Stop" (Ting. Ting. Ting. Ting). My seatmate, Teri, was from Hong Kong though she now lives in Vancouver and goes to Shanghai for business (computer games) quite often. 6 = Y 7= L 8= R 9 = X for the sign language junkies these are the signs for some numbers. The airport had an underlying, lingeri ... read more

Asia » China » Shanghai » Jing An

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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