Taking It To Another Level

From Zero to Bitch

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May 7th 2007
After a day of rest, Gene and I were feeling rather ambitious and decided to take a walking tour of the Bund along the waterfront. To the Europeans back in the day, the Bund was Shanghai’s Wall Street, a place of intense trading, of fortunes made and lost. For us, the Bund was a good place to people watch and offered great river and city views on a clear day. From there, we explored “one ... 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