Catherine

Shanghai; aka The Whore of the Orient

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June 20th 2006
Hello everyone! I do apologise for taking so long getting these photos out to you. I actually have to start a week in to my China trip as the first set of photos are on a CD that is refusing to load - fingers crossed we can get some copies. We started out in Macau, Hong Kong and Lantau but the blog has to start in Shanghai. Unfortunatly Catherine and I were both pretty sick by the time we got ... 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