Shanghai

Shanghai - Last Day

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November 10th 2008
Monday, Shanghai Our plane was late so we arrived very late to the hotel last night and we just crashed, which is why I didn't send the Wuhan link till today. Today, we first visited the waterfront in old Shanghai, called the Bund. Very touristy. Shanghai, unlike our other destinations in China, is a relatively new city, only about 200 years of history as Shanghai, obviously more as a co ... 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