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Shanghai/上海 Part 1

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September 20th 2010
During the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, I went to Shanghai to visit Rachel Mak! My first night there, we celebrated the holiday by having dinner at her coworker's house with her coworker's extended family. The food was tasty and everyone was warm and welcoming. Rachel's coworker's sister's kid (I think?) was super cute and had tons of energy. We ate mooncakes and watched some Mid-Autumn Festiv ... 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