Pudong

Shanghai

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June 14th 2008
Nihao, Getting to Shanghai was a much more comfortable experience than Beijing - Xi'an. We had the bottom two bunks of 3 and there was far more space this time and a handy luggage rack. Shanghai instantly feels more western as soon as you arrive here. It apparently has more skyscrapers than New York. On our first day we wandered around the shopping area and dropped into the fakes market for ... 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