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  • Youtube Video: <a href="http://youtu.be/Fw7nD_r0zQs" target="_blank">Impressions from travelling with the Hong Kong - Shanghai through train</a> (Taking the 18 hours Hong Kong - Shanghai train ride - No bullit trains yet, as of aug. 2011). width:720;;height:540
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  • Youtube Video: <a href="http://youtu.be/fluXJHyNlRY" target="_blank">Shanghai Railway Station Square</a>. width:720;;height:540
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  • Youtube Video: <a href="http://youtu.be/1Q0QvPytFUM" target="_blank">Dancing in Nanjing Rd</a>. width:405;;height:540
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  • Youtube Video: <a href="http://youtu.be/ZxrYMW5WhN4" target="_blank">Evening Streets, The Bund</a>. width:405;;height:540
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  • Youtube Video: <a href="http://youtu.be/hI6aaVfVdSQ" target="_blank">Pudong Night Skyline</a>. Wiki: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pudong" target="_blank">Pudung</a>. width:720;;height:540
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  • Not all is rushing around though. E.g. check out my Youtube Video: <a href="http://youtu.be/aGpx4d2G2hE" target="_blank">Morning Tai Chi exercise, Nanjing Rd</a>. width:720;;height:540
  • Statue of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Yi_(communist)" target="_blank">Chen Yi</a>, mayor of Shanghai and foreign minister of China. width:720;;height:540
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  • Scanned postcard. width:430;;height:540
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  • Unfortunately, I have no good shots of my own from the observatory. So, this shot - and two others from the observatory - comes from a selection of scanned postcards. width:720;;height:477
  • Unfortunately, I have no good shots of my own from the observatory. So, this shot - and two others from the observatory - comes from a selection of scanned postcards. width:355;;height:540
  • Unfortunately, I have no good shots of my own from the observatory. So, this shot - and two others from the observatory - comes from a selection of scanned postcards. width:351;;height:540
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  • Fieldtesting transzilla. width:405;;height:540
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  • Daily life in Shanghai. If you don't <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_the_People's_Republic_of_China" target="_blank">cause trouble</a> for the machinery of state you will be alright. width:720;;height:540
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  • Youtube Video: <a href="http://youtu.be/S_StJYiwaiI" target="_blank">The old chinese city</a>. width:720;;height:540
  • Singing in the old chinese city. <br />Youtube Video: <a href="http://youtu.be/PsXWP-SMFz8" target="_blank">Chinese Opera Shanghai</a>. Wiki: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_opera" target="_blank">Chinese Opera</a>. width:720;;height:540
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  • Youtube Video: <a href="http://youtu.be/lJUULnCynh4" target="_blank">Tea tasting, Shanghai - Chinese tea culture</a>. width:720;;height:540
  • <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_farming" target="_blank">Gold farming</a> or hacking into the <a href="http://www.news.com.au/technology/federal-ministers-emails-suspected-of-being-hacked/story-e6frfrnr-1226029713668" target="_blank">australian pm's</a> computer? :-) width:720;;height:540
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  • Youtube Video: <a href="http://youtu.be/88WpF0lrczY" target="_blank">Shanghai urban sprawl</a>. width:720;;height:540
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  • Youtube Video: <a href="http://youtu.be/yXCDdc2dEzo" target="_blank">Zhouzhuang Pagoda, Zhouzhuang cab ride</a>. For more on Zhoushuang, see:<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhouzhuang,_Kunshan" target="_blank">here</a>. width:720;;height:540
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  • Hygiene should be taught even more in schools :-) Well, as long as she doesn't serve it with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Chinese_milk_scandal" target="_blank">milk</a>, you say? width:720;;height:540
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  • <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_People's_Republic_of_China" target="_blank">Economy in China</a> is state socialism, where success in life "requires resolve, attention to concrete matters and courage in making decisions", according to <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2404129.stm" target="_blank">Hu Jintao</a>. Hu's son apparently leads the internet wars and blocks out unsuitable information like the Tiananmen Square crackdown. width:720;;height:540
  • <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhou_Enlai" target="_blank">Zhou Enlais</a> house in the french quarter of Shanghai. The number two guy after Mao. Mao was eager to accelerate history; Zhou was content to exploit its currents. Zhou was widely viewed as representing moderation and justice in Chinese popular culture. Or so at least according to Deng Xiaoping, who also wanted moderation after Maos disastrous policies. width:720;;height:540
  • Wiki: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism_with_Chinese_characteristics">Socialism with chinese characteristics</a>. After the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Leap_Forward">Great Leap Forward</a>, which resulted in 30 - 45 million dead, and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Revolution">Cultural revolution</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deng_Xiaoping">Deng Xiaping</a> decided it was time for another kind of socialism. width:720;;height:540
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  • The first Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, July 1921, took place in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xintiandi" target="_blank">Xintiandi</a>, which is now an affluent shopping area in Shanghai. width:720;;height:540
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  • Youtube Video: <a href="http://youtu.be/O8V3mgkspso" target="_blank">A rainy day in Shanghai: The endless urban sprawl, cab drives, arguments, more rain, skyscrapers</a>. width:720;;height:540
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