The Metropole Hotel

We are sure it looked a little better on the outside when it was built in the 1930s. There probably weren't so many wires.

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New Year's 2011 in Shanghai

January 15th 2011
We had spent a day in Shanghai on our way to Guilin and Yangshuo last spring. It seemed reasonable to spend our three day New Year’s Weekend there. It had to be warmer than last year’s trip to Harbin. Or so we thought. Shanghai was a lot closer than I remembered and less than two hours after liftoff we were standing in the Shanghai airport reading the sign that said the subway stopped at 9:00 ... read more

Asia » China » Shanghai

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

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