A Stroll Down Shamian Street 20150726_171123

A Stroll Down Shamian Street

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December 28th 2016
I discovered Shamian Street on my own and because it was mentioned to me by my Chinese friends in Guangzhou. After a long walk by the Pearl River, I ended up at a coffee shop which is the border of Shamian Street. It is technical more of an island than a single street with it’s own nearly self-contained society. Shamian is an older section of the city of Guangzhou that kept slightly frozen in ti ... 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