I Heart China

Shanghai, The End of China.

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February 27th 2009
Our two main expeditions of our second trip to Shanghai were to the Old Town and to the gallery district of Moshan Rd. This does not include an unsuccessful trip to Pudong to try and find some sites in which nothing of interest really happened. The trip to the Old Town was mainly to do the last minute gift shopping for friends and family, and it was a great place to do it (which was lucky consider ... 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