Nanjing Road and the Bund Photo 4

Nanjing Road and the Bund

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August 22nd 2008
Now that we're starting to get used to the sweltering heat of Shanghai we went for our longest walk yet. Nanjing Road East is a pedestrian street that is one of the busiest of its kind in the world - it has thousands of shops, millions of people, and a whole lot of street hawkers shouting "Hey mister, hey lady, wanna buy a watch?". The road goes for a couple of kilometers and ends at the Bund, w ... 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