url='/Videos/4186.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/4186.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'Shanghai Acrobatsurl='/Videos/4188.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/4188.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'The Circle of Death I was pretty excited about visiting Shanghai. I remember having read some novels that took place in 1800's Shanghai which described the place as a crazy den of thieves, the Chinese version of the wild west, and that had captured my imagination. More recently, I'd heard it compared to New York, but in Chinese terms. We had yet another rollicking train ride from Xian. Interestingly, on this one, we were placed next to a large group of Chinese high school students who were extremely eager to talk with us and practice their English. They were really fun kids, and were asking all sorts of questions about everything. I never realized th
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