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Shanghai day 1

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October 20th 2009
We woke to find the ship moored right in the town centre on the very wide, Huangpu river. We were surrounded on both sides of the river by skyscrapers and a large TV observation tower. As usual, the ship gave us a rudimentary map to get around with whilst onshore and a sheet of paper with the major attractions in Chinese words with corresponding English names. This last part is always helpful when ... 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