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the last month pt2 East meets West

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January 2nd 2009
Well I had my first experience of the china train system and i can say I was pleasantly surprised. The train from Hangzhou to Shanghai was a bullet train. These trains are very fast and this one wasn't one that travelled at 218 mph but I will tell you about that in another entry. Once I we had gotten off the train we got to my favourite part of finding a place to stay. we wondered through the ... 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