Chinese New Year Lantern

Happy New Year... Chinese Style

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February 9th 2013
We were thankful we’d booked a hotel near the airport the night before we left Shanghai. It was walking distance to Terminal 1 at Hongqiao. Small problem... we were going from Terminal 2. Enquiries at reception revealed the presence of an airport transfer service. It was a first come, first seved basis and cannily we showed up for the earlier one about 20 minutes early. This enabled us to actua ... read more

Asia » China » Guangxi » Yangshuo

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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