The Bund

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Shanghai (the first?, second? world's largest city

May 15th 2008
First of all, Shanghai is huge. Maybe that is stating the obvious (fact: it has twice as many skyscrappers as NYC) but one can ride on a bus for a an awful long time that looks on the map to be quite near. Being so large, it is also very conjested. So much so that I'm not so sure that I actually couldn't have walked to the places I spent several hours busing to. I stayed in the area they ... read more

Asia » China » Shanghai

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

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