William and Bob

A month in China!

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September 10th 2008
So, a few days have gone by and we thought we should update you all on our mad life here! On Sunday, we had a very relaxing day and went for an explore to an area downtown called Nanjing Road. We were off in search of the Foreign Languages Bookstore and we eventually found it. After a rather interesting Chinese-style curry that is! It was a great bookshop but makes me want to be able to go to The ... 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