Shaoxing

Shaoxing

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January 17th 2009
Hey guys, apologies for the delay in updates, internet access has been sporadic at best and I've been trying to get over this flu which has been plaguing me, but since I'm now back in Fuzhou I should be able to finish everything I need to do and recover. So anyways - here goes. We arrived in Shaoxing on the 5th of Jan - its a city of a population of around 4.3 million. The city is most famou ... 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