Tower Tops

Shangahai

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November 28th 2008
First day in Shanghai I arrived around 2pm and decided to take a walk around the financial area of the city there are a lot of very tall buildings including the largest building in mainland china. I saw the Shanghai stock exchange and I also went up the Pearl TV tower which is Shanghai version of the CN Tower there are some great views from the top and before this tower was built there was nothing ... 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