Lady! Lady! Watch, shoes, purse, DVDs? Photo 1

Lady! Lady! Watch, shoes, purse, DVDs?

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August 20th 2008
Wed, August 20th Today we decided to brave Nanjing Road East, the pedestrian shopping street, and head down to the Bund, the famous walking area at the Shanghai waterfront. Good thing I brought a small backpack instead of a purse! Every 10 seconds we were approached by usually a man, occasionally a woman, saying, “Lady! Lady! Watch, shoes, purse, DVDs?? Fakes, fakes?”. Needless t ... 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