Shanghai streets are lit up very nicely

Shanghai, China at NIGHT

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June 27th 2011
It is currently Tuesday, June 28th, 2011 and I am watching the Detroit fireworks on my computer! It's around 10:00am here in Shanghai so there is a 12 hour time zone difference between my home state and China. Anyways, I wanted to watch the fireworks online so that way I can get a little piece of home. The last 2 days haven't been too bad but also not extremely busy because I've bee ... 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