Traditional Boats

September 18th 2015
The Shanghai Museum (shaped like one of the food vessels that you'll see below) has five floors of different historical products of China, with everything from calligraphy and currency to furniture and ancient artwork. I spent most of my time looking at pottery, porcelain, and bronze structures, so that's a definite majority of what I have to show you. China invented porcelain and used their tra ... 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

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Nick Thomas

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Hey anybody who happens to be reading this. I'm assuming that most of you are here because you know me already, but just in case I'll leave a bit of an introduction. I'm a Chinese major from Western Washington University currently studying abroad in Shanghai through mid-December. Most of what I post here will be about the city, but I'll definitely have some stuff to show you from other places in China that my program plans excursions to. Sorry if it gets kinda slow, I might actually study a bit while abroad. I thought that a blog would be a nice way to keep in touch with everybody from ba... full info

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