Pavillion inside

The gardens of Suzhou

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August 5th 2006
well, time to leave shanghai. great city, i must admit. i got up at 6.30 to leave the flat at 7.00 and forget my soap, not a major mistake. my appointment with felix was meeting at the railway station a 7.30. when he was not there at 7.40, i went for the train. some minutes later he showed up in the train. we arrived in sunzhou and at first took a cab to the "humble administrators garden". nice ga ... read more

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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