The Bund at night

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January 26th 2007
And now I'm in SHANGHAI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My favorite place in China so far. This city is AWESOME. It gorgeous, it's clean(ish), it's modern, things actually work, I can get yummy salad, and at the moment I'm sitting in the lounge of my really great language school, looking out the window onto the lovely garden outside, watching a golden retriever sniff out his spot. Now he's trotting down ... 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