view from my window at night

Life in Shanghai... Day 2 and 3

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August 25th 2010
I have been super busy with my school orientation and so on for the past few days, but it has been soo helpful. I am feeling much more prepared. Tomorrow we get to go back to the Puxi Campus of our school so I will get to see Pamela! I think the 4 of us who are staying on this satellite campus have started to see the down fall of living out here. We are not really in the hub area of the city but ... 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