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Arrival and First Day Shanghai

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May 16th 2009
I arrived in Shanghai at 11:00pm on Friday night but the language barrier became apparent the moment I stepped on the airplane in Atlanta. I flew Korean Air and all the flight attendants were korean with limited english. The flight took about 15 hrs to Seoul, Korea where we had a 2 hr layover before a 2 hr plane ride to Shanghai. I was served 4 meals over the two flights but I gave up asking wh ... 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