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High Times in Shanghai, China

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September 22nd 2006
Shanghai - China's home grown rival to Hong Kong as the country's economic powerhouse. It's an impressive vibrant city. Although centred on the ex-colonial waterfront (the Bund), the new Shanghai skyline across the Huangpu river in Pudong dominates. The huge new style skyscrapers, including the bizarre Jetsons style Oriental Pearl Tower and the enourmous Jinmao Tower, as well as looking funky the ... 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