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Mainland China

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October 17th 2007
Last Thursday I left after my last class for the airport to squeeze in a weekend tour of mainland China's two biggest cities, Shanghai and Beijing. I went with my friend Matt, a Canadian also studying business at HKUST and a guy who shares my interest in traveling as much as possible for as long as our bank accounts can keep us above water. SHANGHAI We arrived in Shanghai Thursday night and ... read more

Asia » China

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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