West along Sungang Xilu, Shenzhen

New Year in Shenzhen

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February 10th 2008
Cliff made it back to Shenzhen two days before the Calendar New Year, but of course celebrations in China are reserved for the Lunar New Year, aka the Spring Festival. Sadly, the 2008 festival in China was marred by unseasonably arctic weather in middle provinces that ruined travel plans for millions of people, and caused the deaths of not a few. Tropical Shenzhen itself was remarkably cold forcin ... 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