Granted, Hangzhou is a great city today, plenty of commerce, touristic delights. But on the WTO scale of things, it's a second tier city, and that's just a shame. When Marco Polo passed through in the thirteenth... ...full story at China Expat
from China Expat on Mon, Jul 27 2009
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Marco Polo in China's Heaven City, Hangzhou »
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