this is tai shan

"I'm Sha-Sha-Shakin"

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March 20th 2006
I got back super early yesterday morning from our weekend trip to Tai Shan! I've been told that I've been saying "incredible" too much, and using too many superlatives in general, so I'll try to cut down, but that'll have to be after I describe this past weekend. We knew it was going to be fun the moment we boarded the overnight train that left from Shanghai at about 10pm and arrived in Tai Shan ... read more

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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