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On The Bund  
   

On The Bund

The Pearl of the Orient

June 19th 2010
Got in an hour late to Shanghai; luckily, Matt had found a Starbucks to wait in. We took the metro back to his place so I could “de-train” myself after 17 hours. The journey through Guangzhou had been rather long and sweaty, too, so I was feeling particularly unfresh. We made a quick plan for the day and then set out for a dumpling lunch. There’s a dumpling place right by his apartment a ... read more
Asia » China » Shanghai

Chinese Flag 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
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