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Oriental Fascination
Websailor Started conversation Apr 19, 2005
Thank you for a most interesting thumbnail sketch of Shanghai. My son had occasion to share a house for a while, with a family from Shanghai, and we were very struck by their Western ways coupled with all the signs of a very different culture. Your post explains a great deal.
It is a city that has been of interest to us here in the UK because of the possible connection with MG Rover, which now appears to have fallen through.
It has also been in the news over the Japanese Text Book, rioting having taken place in protest at the "whitewashing" of Japanese and Chinese history.
Many years ago I had genuine Birds Nest Soup and your description echoed my memory of it, though it was pleasant. At the time I didn't really know what it was made from, and I am not sure I would venture that way again!
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