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Pudong, The Urban Planning Exhibition, and Chinese Valentine's Day

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August 18th 2010
你好 This past weekend we went into Pudong and up to the top of the Shanghai World Financial Center. Pudong was a swamp land 18 years ago and now has the third largest building in the world - The Shanghai World Financial Center (Dubai has the tallest - Burj Khalifa and Taipei the second tallest - Taipei 101). The Shanghai World Financial Center is 492 M tall and has the highest observation de ... 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