Smog Shanghai Morning

Shanghai in One Day

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April 26th 2010
We woke around 7am, to find a wet and rainy Shanghai. We walked from the hotel to the Peoples Park only 5 minutes away, and due to the weather there was hardly anyone there, disappointing considering having seen all the travel documentaries showing lots of people doing morning Tai Chi. There were people in groups of 3 or 4 just waiting around for the weather to clear and taking a morning walk. T ... 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