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Shanghai society

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February 2nd 2008
Well I can't believe I'm here at another Saturday, with its attendant soundtrack of scales and ditties live at the Pudong Czerny furnace, under the watchful ear of Professor Wang...ee orr san (1 - 2 - 3!). I see in the nooz that much of China is in crisis because of the snow. Shanghai has a few flakes all right but nothing to write home about. So I won't. Frightening stuff on the telly though ... 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