Setting up the blog in Shanghai Photo 5

Setting up the blog in Shanghai

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November 25th 2009
Dodging motorcycles, taxis, buses, scooter, bicycles, tricycles, carts and just about anything else with wheels both on and off the sidewalk is the first thing one has to learn in Shanghai if they wish to survive. Pedestrians are at the very bottom of the getting around totem pole and are expected to behave as such or suffer the consequences. ... 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