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Stampede on the Bund: An Eyewitness Account of Shanghai’s New Year’s Tragedy

January 9, 2015 by Andrew J. Shainker 1 Comment

I wonder what it would feel like to suffocate to death? I could imagine fear and panic would engulf your entire being until blackness falls upon your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, China, Current Events Tagged With: bund, China, new years, Shanghai

What Life is Like Inside A Shanghai Migrant Worker Village

February 18, 2014 by Wade Shepard 1 Comment

“They are like deserters from village life and lonely birds in the city.” -Li Jiuxin, Tsinghua University Walking on the scaffolding stacked up the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, China, Culture and Society Tagged With: China, Inequality in China, Migrant Workers, Migrant Workers in China, Nanhui, Shanghai

The Bermuda Triangle of the East Mystery Continues

February 9, 2014 by Wade Shepard Leave a Comment

Ships sink in the Laoye Temple waters. Lots of them. This is a phenomenon that has been happening since ancient time, thousands of fishing boats, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, China, History, Mystery Tagged With: Bermuda Triangle, China, Chinese History, Laoye Temple, Poyang Lake, Shipwrecks, Underwater Archaeology

What Happens When China’s Largest Lake Disappears

February 7, 2014 by Wade Shepard

It's rarely ever a good sign when a boat is marooned in an expanse of mud, far from the shores of any navigable body of water. But this ominous scene … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, China, Environment Tagged With: China, China Environment, Drought, Jiangxi Province, Lakes, Poyang Lake

Shanghai’s Dutch Ghost Town

August 16, 2013 by Wade Shepard 1 Comment

"Here used to be original Asian city with lots of original style buildings. Now it has been developed and all of that is now gone. It is a pity," a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Architecture Knock Offs, Articles, China, China's Ghost Cities, Urbanization Tagged With: China, Dutch Architecture, Gaoqiao, Ghost Town, Shanghai

Tibetan Refugees in India – In a Land of No Return

March 14, 2009 by Wade Shepard 3 Comments

BYLAKUPPE, India- In 1959, on the heels of their beloved Dalai Lama, tens of thousands of Tibetans abandoned their Chinese occupied homeland and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, China, India, Refugees Tagged With: China, india bylakuppe, refugee camp, Tibet, tibetan refugees

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