Shanghai Grand Theatre

Chinese Labor Day

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May 3rd 2011
Monday the 2nd was a good vacation day. I slept in that morning and spent a couple hours studying mandarin. I discovered awhile ago that it can be pretty hard to motivate yourself to study recreationally. My afternoon was completely open to whatever I wanted to do and I filled it. I went to the Shanghai Urban Planning Museum after lunch and learned a lot about the development of the city. Shangh ... 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