China set 4 2011 124

Life in the Big City of Shanghai

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May 10th 2011
Massive towers fill the sky. Flowers are everywhere planted along the street on the light poles in the hotel providing color and beauty to sunny day. We took it slow today. The hotel bed hit the spot and Aunt Amana and Carolyn won the wake up early prize of enjoying the breakfast that the Hilton provided. We left the hotel after noon and went to a historic street area that had tons of shops an ... 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