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A few more Shanghai Scenes

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May 5th 2009
Before describing my trip to Tibet, I thought I'd add a few more photos of Shanghai. The first ones are of the new Yangshan deep-water port located south of Shanghai, which I visited with a group from the Cercle Francophone the day before leaving for Tibet. According to Wikepedia, this mammoth port was "built to circumvent growth limitations for the Port of Shanghai as a result of shallow ... 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