Shanghai University Dinner

Niu Nian Kuai Le!!

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January 26th 2009
Happy New Years! On Saturday, Shanghai University hosted a New Year's Dinner for us at a restaurant in Baoshan. The food was excellent and the faculty went around and gave us each a gift bag full of snacks (They will def. come in handy for the 33 hr train ride on Tuesday). I don't really have much to say about the dinner besides good food, gift bags, and beer. Chinese New Years in Shanghai ... read more

Asia » China

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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