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China Day 10

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October 1st 2006
1st October Our first day in Shanghai was a wet one. Our guide picked us up in the morning and we went to the water village at Zhou Zhuang. The village was some considerable distance out of Shanghai. Despite the weather, the village was lovely, with a canal running through its centre. There were also some historical buildings to look in, including a house belonging to a wealthy family with i ... read more

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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