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Shanghai Impressions Part 2

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November 29th 2009
Shanghai is a really strange place. It's a city full of such insane contrasts... a Rolex shop around the corner from people barely scraping by in little hovels. There are so many hockers, scammers, pushers, and prostitutes all over the place, if I never hear "bagswatchesbagswatches" ever again it will be too soon. The Moganshan art district is a definite part of this contrast, little galleries an ... 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