Temple of Jade Budha

Christmas in Shanghai

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December 25th 2008
So. Its chrismas day. And Rob woke up with a hangover. Yesterday we caught a bullet train from Suzhou to Shanghai. It covered something like 150 km in just half an hour. Crazy shit! Shanghai is mind blowing. It is huge. Thank goodness we are in the Downtown. Its lively but away from the busyness of the up market and commercial areas. We overlook another film scene, rooftops with skyscrapers in ... read more

Asia » China » Shanghai » Xujiahui

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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