Two new skyscrapers

Banking Day

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August 18th 2007
Next in our travels was a trip to the HSBC tower in Pudong to open a bank account. Although we didn't open a bank account on that visit, we were offered beverages and treated extremely well...right up until we tried to take pictures of the tower and the security guard gestured wildly for us not to. Since we'd saved ourselves so much time by postponing our bank account date, we decided to walk ... read more

Asia » China » Shanghai

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more