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Day 9 - Library, First Congress, Xin Tian Di, Sunyat Sen

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June 11th 2007
First thing this morning was a visit to a library which housed genealogical records. We were ushered into a big room and shown a video, but I didn't understand anything that was discussed so that's about all I can say. We did watch a lady doing some restoration work. We then visited the site of the First National Congress of The Communist Party which is in Xin Tian Di. Quite an interesting pl ... read more

Asia » China » Shanghai

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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