Fried and Juicy

Shanghai Surprise

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August 5th 2009
Welcome to China - Sort of We flew China Eastern Airlines from Hong Kong to Shanghai. It was a pleasant and quiet flight, and we had exit row seats and a decent hot meal. Everything went well, until we arrived. It was pouring rain when we landed and, like in many international airports, they parked the plane on the tarmac and then we were expected to file into a bus to drive us to ... 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