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Goodbye 下関　Hello Qingdao

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July 28th 2011
First few days on my own. Total CULTURE SHOCK :-O China is loud and bright and loud with trash on the street and loud! Spent most of the day in the hotel room adjusting to the new culture, and then it was time to leave for Shanghai, dunun dunun :-) ... 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