Eurocentic History along China's Coastal cities
January 29th 2012 When visiting my future inlaws in the city of Zhangjiang I learned about a brief occupation of the French in 1898. The former French Consolate building has been renovated into a museum. One commonality of cities in the East is that their European landmarks are often times the oldest and best kept structures in the city, while Chinese architecture crumbles and owners wait for Chai Chen. Money after
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