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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]
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] Blog: Xitang
Date: January 17th 2009
So today we took a field trip to a little water town about two hours outside of Shanghai called Xitang. It's a small little water village that is thousands of years old and now has touristy shops and rivers everywhere (8 rivers combine here). We hopped on the bus around 8:30 and headed out of town. At one point, we were on the freeway, when our driver realized he had missed our turn. An American d ... read more
Date: January 17th 2009
So today we took a field trip to a little water town about two hours outside of Shanghai called Xitang. It's a small little water village that is thousands of years old and now has touristy shops and rivers everywhere (8 rivers combine here). We hopped on the bus around 8:30 and headed out of town. At one point, we were on the freeway, when our driver realized he had missed our turn. An American d ... read more
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