jumping between the demolished and home

Shanghai Moganshan Road Demolishing Shikumen houses

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September 20th 2009
Many articles blogs and papers have been written on the disappearing hutongs in China - mainly in Beijing and Shanghai. But when you see it for yourself, the words that you can write and have read become useless as you are faced with the reality of the uprooting of lives in the name of progress. The demolishing of the old hutong houses is also happening in the city I live in and I’ve walked aro ... 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