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Day 1 in Xi’an: the journey to the Muslim Quarter in China’s Ancient Capital
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Day 1 in Xi’an: the journey to the Muslim Quarter in China’s Ancient Capital

I’m relatively familiar with history of the Uyghur Community in Xinjiang Province – since it’s covered in the news a fair bit – but I was largely unaware of the Hui People of Xi’an. But ignorance is nothing that a bit of light reading and personal experience can’t fix. The origin of the Hui People is believed to have started on the Silk Road as a result of the intermarriage between Muslim traders and Han Chinese.  Continue reading Day 1 in Xi’an: the journey to the Muslim Quarter in China’s Ancient Capital

Day 1 in Old Shanghai: a first class bullet train ride to an era long gone
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Day 1 in Old Shanghai: a first class bullet train ride to an era long gone

I booked myself a first class ticket on the bullet train from Hangzhou to Shanghai. Whatever expectations I had to travel in class and luxury were shattered within the first five minutes. There was some guy in the carriage watching a soap opera sans earphones… (Believe it or not this is a regular occurrence in this part of the world). AND the guy next to me was talking so loudly on the phone that you’d think the person on the other end was hearing-impaired.  Continue reading Day 1 in Old Shanghai: a first class bullet train ride to an era long gone