Bob & Lucia

SHANGHAI—PEARL OF THE ORIENT

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March 31st 2011
We were quite happy to be heading south after leaving Beijing. But our first morning en route to Shanghai we woke up to ice on the decks. Given the situation in Japan---better ice than radiation! Actually traces of nuclear fallout have been reported in China but nothing on the scale of radiation levels in Japan. Everyone is still hoping and praying that a nuclear catastrophe can be averted bot ... 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