Streets of Zhujiajiao

Shanghai: Week 5 - Entry 2

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September 23rd 2007
Wednesday, September 12, 2007 Well, we’re off the island....Sun Island Resorts, that is. On Saturday we shifted all of our worldly belongings from our one-month digs into our new-home-away-from home in the French Concession. It felt strange to leave the resort, but the few remaining islanders saw us off with a night at the Korean restaurant, followed by a game of pool and table tennis in the ... 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