Trust Mart

Random thoughts and events

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September 4th 2007
Well it's been almost a week now that we've been boarding the school bus each day for hour/hour-plus ride to school. It occurred to me yesterday as we were bouncing along the freeway and city streets that the roads in Shanghai are enough to make one nostalgic for the smooth, easy rides on the backroads of Renfrew County! The traffic really is something that I love to watch while being terrifie ... 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