Weekend in Suzhou 160MPH fast train

Weekend in Suzhou

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September 9th 2008
Hello Everyone! I love you ALL!! Shanghai is a fascinating city of 20+million inhabitants!!! It is a HUGE city and I'm walking 5-7 miles a day, which I LOVE! I found some cool spots where "foreigners" like me hang out called Xin-tian-di (pronounce shin tiene dee) It's soo weird to see westerners after NOT having seen them for days at a time....it's almost startling. I think I might get an ... 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