The Bund Bull

Shanghai Travel/Dalian

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February 2nd 2011
Saturday, the 29th, I had some free time and went out to explore more of Shanghai. I went to a few very popular areas of the city. Pudong is the district of the iconic skyline of Shanghai and I started my day there. I saw the construction site of Gensler’s Shanghai Tower and it still has a long way to go before completion. From there I went to the other side of the river to The Bund. This is 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