Expo entrance

Shanghai - night expo

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June 9th 2010
The torrential rain continued as I packed up and headed off (on an extremely crowded bus, who did not look pleased to see a tourist with a rucksack board) to the station. I had treated myself to first-class this time - just so that I could say that I had travelled all classes and types of seat. It was very nice - much like the Shinkansen (although I wasn't in first class there...) and there were ... 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