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Day 2 in Nanjing

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August 18th 2008
I don’t wake up in the middle of the night like Jesse warned I might, but I do wake up pretty early on Sunday. 6 a.m. Gives me time to edit some videos. Then I head downstairs to level 9 to take advantage of his daily breakfast. The buffet is enormous and includes both Chinese and Western offerings. I find the rice gruel I ate the day before on the plane; this time it’s flavored with chicken a ... read more

Asia » China » Jiangsu » Nanjing

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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