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China Continued

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February 10th 2007
rrived in Shanghai a little tired after the long train ride from Guilin. After such a long train ride I was looking forward to getting a little more space once getting off. Boy was I wrong. In a city of over 20 000 000 people its hard to find any space at all. Our first tough experience was navigating the subway system, which is extremely intricate and of course all the stops sound the same. ... 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