Old Shanghai

Beijing or bust

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May 31st 2013
Today we woke up and headed to Old Shanghai. Apparently this was where all the Chinese lived when Shanghai was occupied by Europeans. The Chinatown of Chinese Shanghai if you will. This area was pretty cool. Very ornate and filled with super Chinese things, as one would expect. Walking around we found a store selling these round moon cake things that were really cool looking. We figured we'd b ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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