View from the Bund - oooh, sparkly

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April 22nd 2009
We landed in Shanghai at night and the first thing that struck me is how tall and sparkly this city is compared to the other places we’ve been. Skyscrapers everywhere and each one competing for most neon and/or futuristic architecture (but like futuristic more a la Disney theme park than Star Trek futuristic, know what a mean? Think Jetsons). There are still a lot of traditional buildings nes ... read more

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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