Pudong from the Bund

Some of Shanghai...

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February 15th 2009
Shanghai was a pretty straightforward affair. Going from the train station to the hostel was incredibly easy, as it tends to be once we figured out the trick of getting a business card for a place or getting it written down in chinese before we go to a new place. The first night we went to a chinese acrobatics show. But instead of just having a lot of crazy bendy people running around on stage ... 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