Month: December 2013

Season’s Greetings – 2013

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‘Tis the season 2013!!! We’ve had a wonderful and exciting year and hope everyone reading has as well. As the last post of this year, we have a few things to share will you. First, as Christmas here is not a big a deal as back in the Rebel Colonies, it still is celebrated and greatly commercialized. Coca-Cola Santas were everywhere with Christmas trees and decorations. No where we saw was a single mention or homage to Christ. Below is a slide show of many of the decorations in and around XuiJaHui. [slideshow_deploy id=’463′] Here is a short video of Continue Reading →

Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center

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The other day, whilst out browsing the coinage at the China Gold Coin store, my wife and I realized we were right across the street from the Shanghai Urban Planning and Exhibition Center. As this was on our list of places to visit in Shanghai, we decided to trundle on over and have a look. Our last attempt to visit this center was thwarted as they happened to be closed. We were in luck in this time as no thwarting took place. Its a very interesting building on the outside, as you can see from the slideshow below. It’s like Continue Reading →