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Panda-monium.. Shanghai-Chengdu-Xi'an

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May 25th 2013
Shanghai at night was as to be expected.. the same as Shanghai by day except darker with flashing lights. We were hoping to climb up the 87 floor Jinmao tower- not the way Frenchmen Alain Robert did on the outside only to be arrested as soon as he got to the bottom again, but by the stairs... unfortunately this is Shanghai and a lot more modern than Devon so we had to take the lift... up 87 flo ... read more

Asia » China » Shaanxi » Xi'an

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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