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Shanghai, RPC

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July 10th 2010
One week in one of my favorite cities! I left my hometown Frankfurt, Germany on saturday, June 26. Flying with Lufthansa to Mailand, Italy and from there to Shanghai with Air China. The flight was ok, but of course after having travelled for more than 15 hours in one stretch I was happy to finally arrive in Shanghai on sunday morning. It was not my first time there, I visited s ... 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