Shanghai Grand Hyatt

China Highlights

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December 6th 2007
China Thursday 18 October I had many preconceptions about China. I had been to another communist country, USSR, in 1976 and memories of that grim unhappy place were still with me. The buildings were grey and austere and matched the people as they trudged through the snow after the few sad items in the few sad shops. I knew China would be different but I wasn't prepared for how diffe ... 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