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Au Revoir Shanghai

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May 15th 2008
Au Revoir Shanghai, It may seem strange to begin a wrap-up of our year in Shanghai with a pic of the Great Wall, but as a site we’d heard about all our lives, it certainly lives up to its name! Even if the trek to see it and climb its formidable height is so daunting that the Chinese themselves say: bu dao chang cheng fei hao han (You’re not a man until you arrive at the Great Wall) well…w ... 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