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October 29th 2007
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. This is just a little slice of heaven I tell you. Arriving in Shanghai has been wonderful. I got in from Kunming and to the hotel around 9:00PMish last night. The JW Marriott is a beautiful hotel, really spectacular. It was so great to see JG….we putzed around for a bit and then went out an hour later to get dinner and straight back home. The next morning ... 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