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A well spent day

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June 21st 2005
10:00am Xintiandi I got up, and headed towards the Jade Buddha Temple. Apparently according to this magazine i read, they have a 1.2 meter fully jade buddha statue there and i thought what the hey, lets just go! Took the subway from Huai Hai to HangZhong and walked aimlessly for another hour. Fuck. The TOURIST MAP SUCKS. There are WAY too many roads here than drawn on the map. After walking and ... 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