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Here's to 2010!

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January 6th 2010
Lounge 18 New Year's in Shanghai was awesome! A group of us went to Lounge 18 on the Bund to celebrate New Year's. We had the best view of the Bund and the fireworks were amazing! Too bad we couldn't get a good picture or video of the fireworks though. Getting to Lounge 18 was quite the ordeal. Similar to Christmas Eve in Hong Kong, New Year's Eve in Shanghai got everyone out and abo ... 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