CS dinner

Shanghai-past couple days

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December 21st 2011
Its been raining the past couple days so the evenings were more exciting than during the day. I had posted on couchsurfing that I wanted to go for dinner with other members. So at 6:30 we waited at the meeting spot at one of the train stations and 11 people showed up! We had people from all over the place. Mexico, Hong Kong/Australia, Canada, China, England, and Taiwan. It was a lot of fun. ... 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