View from the Jin Mao tower 3

Jin Mao tower

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August 23rd 2006
So tonight we went for a meal at the New Age Veggie restaurant in the Super Brand Mall. Despite the names of the restaurant and shopping centre it was in, the food was amazing. The Chinese really take imitating meat dishes to whole new levels, even elaborately carving vegetable to represent "bones". After our excellent dinner we went for a few drinks at the Cloud 9 Bar on the 88th floor of the ... read more

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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