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Shanghai: The Perfect Mix

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June 30th 2010
Shanghai Old and New Shanghai is where China has come from and where it wants to be. A proverbial wok where everything gets thrown in. It's old buildings and modest noodle shops are the staples; garlic and ginger; the fresh chillies come from the space-like buildings that pop-up like cardamons; while the sauce comes in the form of the mighty Yangtze that cuts through the city and out to ... 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