Money DOES grow on trees!

Chinese New Year celebrations include chucking coins into a tree.

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Communist Revolution? What Communist Revolution?

February 21st 2007
The first thing one really notices about Shanghai is that big yellow arches seem to outnumber little red books. In fact, I've seen none of the latter. I did see a massive statue of Mao last night, but he was somewhat dwarfed by the gaudy massiveness of the shiny new Oriental Pearl Tower sitting just over the river. I also saw a red star on a building today, but there have been far more Poke ... read more

Asia » China » Shanghai

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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