Jing'An Temple

Glimpses of China

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July 20th 2009
Well, I am more than halfway through my program, it's going by so fast! Too fast really, I am loving living in China, every day is full of interesting and unique experiences. This past weekend I stayed in Shanghai to go KTVing (karaoke) with some friends and to visit the Shanghai Botanical Gardens. The weather has become pretty unbearably hot, and we chose probably the hottest day of the summer ... 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