Tai Chi in Jing'An Park

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Early this morning I went to the park across the street from the hotel, after a sleepless night due to construction noise. While most of China is under reconstruction, Shangai is the center of it all as it gets a face-lift in preparation for the 2010 World Expo (or World Fair as we know it.) I am sad not to have been able to stroll down the Bund and may have to some day return to Shanghai to do so. The retirees who had risen early for their exercise and social hour were very friendly and even shared their swords with Pat, another group member who joined in the Tai Chi. I'll stick to the hotel treadmill with it's view over metropolitan Shanghai.

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