Peoples Square

Shanghai Tour

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November 29th 2008
Today I took a tour of Shanghai, we had a bus which took us around to see most of the sights including 'Longhua Temple' Which is a Budist temple with some very good carvings of budda's, French Concession which is a trading area originally set up by the french when the chinese gave a concession to allow france to trade in that area, it is now made up of small shops with an old french colonial type ... 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