Shanghai - Take One 45

Shanghai - Take One

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October 1st 2008
These photos are from walks I took in my first three months in Shanghai. They are all from three neighborhoods - Old Town (which maintains much the same character and life-style as it has had the last 60 years, Tian Zai Fang (a largely refurbished Lilong in the Former French Concession), and Jianguo Lu - a street lined with demolition and new construction, which is a fault-line between the Shangh ... 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