Shanghai At Night

Our Chinese Adventure

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March 17th 2010
In the wildest dreams of my youth, I never imagined I’d be hiking through a remote village in the mountains of central China, but there we were … what a Chinese adventure we had. Our trip to China began as we cruised up the Huangpu River on March 5th to the thriving City of Shanghai, a sprawling and crowded city of about 16 million people. It’s a city of many contrasts, in particular when ... read more

Asia » China

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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