en route from airport

A weekend in Guilin+What appreciated about Shanghai

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June 7th 2009
Last week was the “Dragon Boat Festival” in China. I won’t be showing you any photos of dragon boat races here because I --along with thousands if not millions of Chinese people, as well as foreign tourists and residents-- left Shanghai for a long weekend. I chose to go to the Guilin area of Guangxi province in southern China, where I stayed in Yangshuo and Ping’an. How nice it was to see ... 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