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  • imperial I
  • April 23, 2013
Shanghai is home to 23 million people – imagine the entire population of Australia (plus a few more) crammed onto a tiny corner of the Yangtze River Delta. It will come as no surprise that this population density brings with it enormous environmental challenges such as those we have become used to reading about in the media. Fewer people are aware of the city’s growing sense of environmental awareness and conscience,  » Read more »
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  • imperial I
  • March 11, 2013
Meet 14 year old Gugu – since three human years equals one panda year, when we met a week or so ago at the Beijing Zoo, we were the same age.  One of the graces of human aging is that next year I will be only 43 whereas Gugu here will be 45.  Bad luck Gugu!  This is not a point I would have pressed with Gugu except from outside the panda pen.   » Read more »
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  • imperial I
  • December 3, 2010
TRAVEL EDITOR'S NOTE: Sue Naessens (a former guest of Imperial Tours) is on the staff at Redeemer Lutheran Church. Her husband, Jim, works in health care policy and research at the Mayo Clinic China boasts many treasures with its long history and rich cultural heritage. The Great Wall, theTerracotta Warriors and Forbidden City readily come to mind. Museums overflow with art of every genre. Silk embroidery is nationally famous.  » Read more »
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  • imperial I
  • December 3, 2010
The Three Gorges were so named from the late Han dynastic period (23 – 220 AD). This nomenclature groups into a set of three the numerous shoals and gorges of the Yangzi river between Wanxian and Yichang. The Three Gorges are the Qutang Gorge (8km long), the Wuxia Gorge (45km long) and the Xilong (66km long) Gorge. The gorges are as fabled today as they have been throughout the past two millennia.   » Read more »
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  • imperial I
  • December 3, 2010
In 1897, Isabella Bird asked her acquaintance Mr. Endecott how she might occupy herself during the voyage up the Yangzi. "You'll have enough to do looking after your life," he enjoined. * The Yangzi was such a major trade and communication route that as soon as the Communist government came to power in 1949, one of its priorities was to improve the Upper Yangzi's navigability. By dynamiting its many small gorges and submarine perils,  » Read more »
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