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Shanghai Revisited

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May 8th 2010
Well, after visiting the Shanghai Exhibit in San Francisco, Shanghai's sister city, I got nostalgic and decided to return to Shanghai for a week in May. While in town, I've managed to visit the "Expo" (world fair), see friends and former colleagues from the French School, and visit the orphanage where I volunteered last year. It's fun to return to a place where you lived for six months, and w ... 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