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Treaty Port Architecture and Goubuli

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July 18th 2009
We spent a little time today in central Tianjin taking pictures of some of the buildings in the foreign concessions in case I some day have to give a lecture on 19th century Chinese treaty port architecture. You can imagine how much fun Bo thought that was. At least it was very pretty and serene. Then we went to the obligatory tourist restaurant called Goubuli (open since 1858!) to try the loca ... 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