Shanghai night

Warming up to southern China

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September 25th 2007
Scammy Almost another month of traveling down and I have made my way from Shanghai to Beijing then down again through Xi'an to my latest stop in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. To be honest I was not much of a sinophile when I got here - China really lives up to its reputation of being dirty (more like gross), noisy and crowded - and I actually considered catching the next ferry back to Ja ... read more

Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu

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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