moca exhibition

cocktails, parks and a bit of art

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October 25th 2007
We did it at last. Made it up to the Cloud Nine bar, the highest bar in the world on the 87th floor of the Jinmao Tower! Getting up there in the lift was nerve racking, but once up there it feels very secure. You're so far up that the ground is kind of an abstract idea, like in an aeroplane. I even managed to get to within a foot of the floor to ceiling window! The other weekend we decided ... 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