Shanghai street scene 1

Shanghai

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March 30th 2009
Shanghai, the gateway to China, and the city which I was most looking forward to visiting in China. The majority of China's container traffic passes through here and with it has brought a huge amount of wealth which can be seen and felt through out the city. These people have money and they're spending it. The city sky line is littered with cranes and rising skyscrapers very much akin to Dublin's ... 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