Shanghai skyline

Shanghai to Suzhou, the best to the worst to the best

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October 4th 2012
So we finally got to leave Beijing. On Tuesday we boarded the high speed bullet train to Shanghai, train was full yet spacious and with hot food and cold beers available on board. Jina had been missing the kids a bit so to cheer her up i rebooked the hotel in Shanghai the night before in secret. We ended up at the Grand Mecure in Hongqiao just 15 minutes in a taxi from the Hongqiao statio ... read more

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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