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Suzhou

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February 15th 2009
Saturday the fourteenth we had another field trip, this time to Suzhou, a little city about an hour and a half away from Shanghai. We hopped on the bus around 9 am and headed out. After a nice nap we get to the city which is well known for it's gardens. We went to the largest one and had about an hour there looking around and taking pics. The English translations of the names of buildings in the g ... read more

Asia » China

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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