Scenery

Shanghai Delights

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January 14th 2009
Today I had plans to see the Taoist temple in the Century Ave area and then meet friends on the Bund to walk to tea to a great little Muslim restaurant nearby specializing in food from the Xin jiang Province. The temple is right in the heart of modern Pudong and is such a startling contrast to the nearby 8 lane road, metro and shops. The Qinci Yangdian Temple is on Yuanshen Rd, which is just ... 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