The opera

Night out at the Opera

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December 7th 2008
Had a big night out yesterday at the Shanghai Opera. Started the journey with the very crowded, as usual, 993 bus from Jin Hai Road Pudong into the city, and got off at the ferry terminal which is the end of the line. The transport system here is all linked with a card which you can refill and top up, so taxi, bus, metro and ferry all are really cheap and use the one card. So the bus is 3Y ... 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