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The God of Prosperity strikes!!

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January 31st 2009
Ok, so Ian says it all the time, but it appears that I spoke too soon! For those of you avid blog fans, the evening after I wrote the last blog, the fireworks hit again! There was me saying how quiet it is and there are not many fireworks around and BANG!!!!!!....off they started again. At around 11.40pm, just when we were trying to go to sleep, they really kicked off, although they had been build ... 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