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Peach Festival and Why Shanghai is Great

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April 22nd 2005
Finally, after a week and a half I can access my travel blog. The internet connections in China are SO BAD that for days the speed is 10MBPS AWFUL! there is no way I can open my hotmail account!! Anyways, we are back and this time we have pictures of the Peach Festival. I expected it to be a "big deal" like the cherry blossom festivals in Japan (or Georgia 😊) However, in Shanghai, you no ... 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