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Walking Shanghai

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September 4th 2012
This blog covers several days. Shanghai has so many different styles that some of it is good for walking and some is just office blocks or modern shop fronts. Walk 1. This started with the pedestrianised Nanjing Street. It was a historic street in Shanghai, but the modern shop fronts have taken over. The electric trolley bus was incongruously playing Christmas music. The next target was the old ... 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