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Shanghai Nights

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September 18th 2011
Well, I made it back in one piece, and have a new love for Shanghai. We left Friday afternoon to take an hour long bus ride to the train station, then boarded the bullet train. I was the only one that had any misgivings about the train, but everything (obviously) went smoothly—literally. That train moves so easily! I’ve never been on a train, but I have ridden the subway and I can imagine bein ... read more

Asia » China » Hangzhou

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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