First Impressions Photo 2

First Impressions

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August 24th 2009
The flights were long and sleepless. My flight to Shanghai was delayed an hour, and after little sleep and much fidgeting I arrived in Shanghai needing to go through customs, recollect my baggage, and then re-enter the security checkpoint to get my connecting flight to Dalian (the airline couldn't pass my luggage through to Dalian, either because they are lazy or because Dalian has no customs offi ... 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