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Jewish Ghetto Hongkou (3)

Jewish Ghetto

August 19th 2012
Hi All, Another interesting day wandering around the streets of Shanghai. I walked from my hostel at Laoximen to Hongkou to visit the jewish ghetto. I'm finding China's involvement in WWII really interesting and there is a link between the synagogue here in Shanghai with the ones I'd already seen in Ha'erbin. Around 25,000 jews lives were saved by the Japanese and Chinese in ... read more
Asia » China » Shanghai » Hongkou

Chinese Flag 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
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