Qingdao

Eurocentic History along China's Coastal cities

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January 29th 2012
When visiting my future inlaws in the city of Zhangjiang I learned about a brief occupation of the French in 1898. The former French Consolate building has been renovated into a museum. One commonality of cities in the East is that their European landmarks are often times the oldest and best kept structures in the city, while Chinese architecture crumbles and owners wait for Chai Chen. Money after ... read more

Asia » China » Guangdong

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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