View of the bund from the other side

Chinese New Year celebrations in Shanghai!

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January 29th 2006
Shanghai - 27.01.06 It was an exciting moment to arrive in Shanghai, the largest city in China and known far and wide as 'the whore of the orient.' What better place to spend Chinese New Year, the biggest festival in the Chinese calendar welcoming in the year of the dog. We hit a slight problem though when we realised that we couldn't actually afford to stay anywhere! All the hotels were far ... 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