Jinmao 88 very lucky (but hazy), lunch on another roof and porcelain & bronze
December 14th 2011 You would be lucky to guess all of the threads in the heading of course. I decided that today I was going to be a monster and actually do three things. Which is pretty major from me as I normally do not start doing anything until about 2 PM and then at 5 PM it is virtually dark! Anyway as I will be out of Shanghai tomorrow (with another partial day here or not just before I fly out) I decided that
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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 
