Chinese guards

Buddha's Birthday in Shanghai, China

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May 13th 2008
Ni hao! That's hello in Chinese. In celebration of Buddha's birthday we headed to mainland China to visit Allison, who grew up in Todd's tiny town and has been teaching there for a few years. When we arrived on Friday evening, she had kindly arranged a van for us and met us at the airport. On the drive into Shanghai, our first impressions were that the skyscrapers are stunning and unique and that ... 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