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A Shanghai Christmas

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January 3rd 2010
We have had a very enjoyable Christmas indeed and it has even been relaxing! We started our celebrations on 23rd when Sophie and I went around to do some baking with Linda and Sarah. We made some mince pies and shortbread biscuits before Linda and I went off to do our Christmas shop at Carrefour. Amazingly, it was absolutely packed....full of westerners looking for their chickens (due to an absenc ... 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