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Senior editor Michelle Baran was onboard for the inaugural cruise of Century Cruises' Century Paragon from Chongqing to Yichang. Pictured here, the 398-passenger Century Paragon docked on the Yangtze River. Photos by Michelle Baran; posted March 28, 2013.

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Dispatches from the Century Paragon

Senior editor Michelle Baran was onboard for the inaugural cruise of Century Cruises' Century Paragon from Chongqing to Yichang. Pictured here, the 398-passenger Century Paragon docked on the Yangtze River. Photos by Michelle Baran; posted March 28, 2013.

Senior editor Michelle Baran was onboard for the inaugural cruise of Century Cruises' Century Paragon from Chongqing to Yichang. Pictured here, the 398-passenger Century Paragon docked on the Yangtze River. Photos by Michelle Baran; posted March 28, 2013.

The open atrium on the Century Paragon.

A standard stateroom on the new 398-passenger Century Paragon.

The indoor swimming pool onboard the Century Paragon.

The mayor of Chongqing (second from left), and Century President Peng Jian Hu (far right), along with other dignitaries, preside over the ship launch festivities.

Guy Young, president of Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection, which signed a charter agreement with Century, speaks at the launch ceremony of the Century Paragon in Chongqing.

Peng Jian Hu, president of Century Cruises, at the company's headquarters in Chongqing, China.

A ferry ride through a tributary of the Yangtze River.

The Three Gorges Dam.

Century Paragon passengers get taken on a sampan ride through the Shennong Stream, a Yangtze tributary.

Dried beef at a local market in Chongqing, a specialty of the central China region.

A hot pot meal in Chongqing.