Shanghai At Night

Shanghai, Shipping & Shopping Day 1 & 2

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October 20th 2014
Shanghai, Shipping & Shopping Day 1 & 2 Moving out of the East China Sea and toward the Huangpu River (Wangpu) we picked up our Pilot to guide us into Shanghai. We had to reach the river during high tide to have enough draft for the ship. It took us 7 hours from the sea until 9 pm when we docked amid the most amazing sight ever. All around us buildings up to 88 stories, reaching for ... 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