TV Tower

There’s No Place Like Home

---

May 6th 2007
Growing more and more tired of our travels throughout China, Gene and I decided to sleep in. That, however, proved difficult with the constant beeping of car horns 12 floors below by commuters on their way to work. I awoke every morning in Shanghai feeling as though our bed had been strategically placed right in the center of a New York traffic jam. Lacking all motivation to intermingle wit ... 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