Most ancient civilizations buried their dead under the ground, a few burned them on pyres. But there are some that placed bodies of the dead in coffins and hung the coffins on a precipice. Examples of the latter can be found in many locations throughout China. Some of those are placed on wooden beams projecting […]

Shanghai is a dynamic city, doing business at top speed and enjoying everything the new China has built. There is more construction in Shanghai right now than in Manhattan, despite the fact that this Chinese business capital is much older. Hordes of cranes swing girders over the head of the population below all day. Given […]