Jin Mao Tower

Shanghai

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June 6th 2008
We have spent the last few days in Shanghai. Its a really developing city, with loads of sky scrapers flying up all the time...We have walked along the Bund loads which travels along the river through the city and has a great view of all the buildings of the city. We had a drink in the swanky bar cloud 9 at the top of the Jin Mao Tower but now there is a taller tower right next to it, although i ... 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