Christmas Eve

Will Santa come to China Mummy?

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December 25th 2008
You would think that in a country like China Christmas would be a non event but how wrong could I be. Christmas Eve in Shanghai is bigger than Ben Hur with Christmas trees on each corner, Santa hats and tinsel being sold by the street sellers, and restaurants’ staff all wearing something Christmassy. Celebrations are purely commercial and occur on Christmas Eve with KTV (karaoke) a favouri ... 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