Laoshan mountain

Qingdao beer festival

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September 6th 2009
First apologies for the recent silence. I’ve been mostly wrestling with website building. My labours have paid off though and I’ve successfully completed Module 1, just 5 more to go… My work with Shanghai Sunrise (the charity I volunteer with) has stepped up a gear too, now that everyone’s back from summer holidays. I can’t believe it’s September already, I’ve been in Shanghai fo ... 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