View of the Oriental Pearl tower from the old town

Old Town and Yuyuan Gardens

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August 24th 2006
Ok so as neither Dave nor I had teaching practise this morning we made an executive decision not to go in to observe the others or to go to our afternoon Chinese lesson (wisely it turned out - it was more singing) and went in to Shanghai first thing with the intention of seeing the Shanghai Museum and the old town. It took us a while to get into Shanghai as were we stuck on an overcrowded un-ai ... 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