A gold medal for shopping in Shanghai Photo 1

A gold medal for shopping in Shanghai

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August 23rd 2008
Today was a bit more of a laid back day now that we're starting to get pretty comfortable with our surroundings. We needed to pick up some groceries at that store I told you about a few days ago so we decided to have a look at some of the stores on Nanjing Road West before we bought our food and went home. As we all know one of the big underlying stories of the Olympics is China's hope to sh ... 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