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October 17th 2007
Bargaining! I promised that I would give some information about some of our adventures with bargaining/shopping. For the most part, prices that are posted on items in the stores are the actual price that you pay. There is no tax added on top of the price that is listed. There are some places where you can do some bartering to try and lower the price that the seller is asking. In some a ... read more

Asia » China » Jiangsu » Nanjing

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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