Shanghai by night

Last stop Shanghai

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November 11th 2008
We head to Shanghai on the fast train. For a country with so many people, we’ve actually been amazed by the efficiency of the buses and the trains. They leave on the dot - they actually have a seconds’ timer showing you! Shanghai has a metro and we decided to use this to get us into the centre of the city. As we’ve mentioned before, the Chinese aren’t too good at queuing and you get pu ... 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