Maglev

Day 25 - Shanghai

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November 6th 2009
The first thing we did when we got to Shanghai was take the Maglev demonstration line. This is the fastest public ground transport in the world. Unfortunately we didn't experience the top speed of 431kmh as it was too late in the day, 300kmh was still fast enough though. We then caught the train the Nangjing Street East which is where we were staying. Our hotel was in the middle of the street a ... 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