Tai Chi

Tai Chi in Jing'An Park

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July 16th 2009
Early this morning I went to the park across the street from the hotel, after a sleepless night due to construction noise. While most of China is under reconstruction, Shangai is the center of it all as it gets a face-lift in preparation for the 2010 World Expo (or World Fair as we know it.) I am sad not to have been able to stroll down the Bund and may have to some day return to Shanghai to do ... 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