The Tricks of Street Vendors

The China Wrap-Up

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August 1st 2008
It was great seeing my Shanghai friends again! The first night, Dave and I went to Le Garcon Chinois, a restaurant I’d been wanting to check out for ages because I thought it was silly: A French name about a Chinese man serving a mixture of Spanish and Vietnamese cuisine. That night I hung out with Dave’s group of assorted Europeans, where one bought me a rose from a vendor off the street. Sur ... 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