Chinatown...Little Italy... I'm back on the Lower East Side!! Photo 2

Chinatown...Little Italy... I'm back on the Lower East Side!!

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July 28th 2009
So this weekend (our last weekend in Tianjin) we went to, well, Chinatown, an area called "Ancient Cultures Street" that the city has created for touristic enjoyment. I tried to blend in with the domestic tourists by taking up the practice of wearing a prom-type dress in the middle of the day. Then we had dinner in the "Italian Style Street" where they have a gelato stand and violinists playing ... 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