Me with one of the SJTU volunteers

Shanghai Overview Tour

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May 27th 2009
On Saturday I had to wake up at 8am for the GT Shanghai Overview tour. Two tour buses transported us between all the events for the day since public transportation would have been too hard for that many people. The first stop was the Shanghai Urban Exhibition Museum. This museum laid out the future plans for the expansion of Shanghai. The exhibit also included an impressive full scale model of ... 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