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Shanghai - dizzying heights

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September 3rd 2012
Today was a visit to the financial district in Pudong. We started boldly and climbed the highest skyscraper, the centre financial centre. Looking at the photo from the opposite shore, our viewing platform was above the hole on the 100th floor. My ears popped when we went up in the lift. I don't suffer from vertigo, but this was so high that I could feel a dizzying effect when I looked down at ... 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