Old buildings!

Wo ai Shanghai!

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January 11th 2007
Due to an earthquake in Taiwan or something like that, the internet in China has been rather dead, leaving me with no opportunity to update my blog. Finally the internet seems to work well enough to update it now, although there is still a lot of slowness and pages not loading. In a few weeks it should all be fine again. Note the title of this post, it means I love Shanghai! The christmas and n ... read more

Asia » China » Jiangsu » Zhangjiagang

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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