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The Last Day in Nanjing

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November 29th 2008
Our last day in Nanjing together was spent shopping! I didn’t really buy anything, but it was an experience nonetheless. I was even able to bargain with people, which is fun and not fun. Fun because it’s always fun to see if people with lower their price, not fun because you realize that for many people this is their livelihood—all their money goes to living not to a big corporation (to p ... read more

Asia » China » Jiangsu » Nanjing

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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