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firepot

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January 28th 2008
A few photos from today, including fabulous 'firepot' dinner - they give you all the ingredients raw and you cook it yourself in a pot of boiling flavours in the middle of the table. Twas delicious, and washed down with Baijou - the local 52 per cent. The whole thing for three people cost 28 euro. More snow in Shanghai than has been seen for 50 years apparently. It wouldn't make too many igloo ... 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