music man in Luxun park - Shanghai

bye bye BIG Beijing

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November 13th 2007
Hello folks! This is our last day in Beijing before heading down south to Hong Kong! On our last day in Shanghai we dumped our backpacks at the train station in a locker and headed off to Luxun park, which was nearby. It was great! There were lots of chinese practicing Tai Chi, men playing card games, lots of badminton, karaoke courtesy of the locals and an outdoor style gym for the older fo ... read more

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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