BR on bench in Grand view Garden

Stuck in Shanghai

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August 10th 2009
Well, the typhoon Morakot has hit mainland China and caused major flooding in the city I was supposed to be in right now. Good thing my travel plans were changed in the last week, or I would have been down there in Wenzhou in the floods. http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Typhoon-Morakot-slams-China/ss/events/wl/080909typhoonmorakot#photoViewer=/090809/481/414628254cbe4e26ad2f1393bb6f6e45 So I am he ... 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