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Canapes & Champagne in suite

A city of contrasts

February 10th 2015
Geo: 31.23, 121.47It was wonderful to wake up when we docked to find it was a beautiful sunny day and all the stunning buildings in Shanghai were sparkling in the sunlight. Nestling below all these buildings there are still lots of old apartment blocks and little houses in which the poorer people live. The tall buildings are all run by hotels and companies even though the government still owns a ... read more
Asia » China » Shanghai

Chinese Flag 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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