Dumplings

Shanghai

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September 20th 2005
Greetings from Shanghai. Well this is our first attempt at blogging... let me know how it works. We have spent the last 5 days thoroughly enjoying this beautiful very 21st century city. Mark & Marla and the girls are excellent travel guides. The girls are enjoying their school which lessons include Chinese and the violin! We've enjoyed the fakes market where we did succumb to some great ... 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