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City of Windows

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November 28th 2006
Shanghai wins. Hands down. 1. It’s warmer. 2. Its sunnier. 3. The Grand Hyatt Hotel is a 5 star hotel, none of this Beijing Hotel stuff. Beijing Hotel, we overlooked Tienaman Square and the Forbidden City. It reality, you saw a third of the square and the Forbidden City was just rooftops and it was all smog covered anyway. Here we have a wall of window overlooking the city and the Orient ... 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