Oriental Pearl T.V. Tower

City of 20 Million

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October 27th 2007
Last weekend, we ventured from Nanjing to visit the big city, Shanghai. By 'big', I do not mean Toronto big. I mean big as in 20 million people big. We took a train from Nanjing that took just over 2 hours to reach Shanghai. Far better than the 6 hour bus ride I had to take from the Pudong Airport in Shanghai to Nanjing when I first arrived in China. We arrived in Shanghai at about 9:30pm and took ... 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