Our intrepid business traveler finds herself in China's largest city, where surprises-many delightful, some not-lurk around every corner.
The Expo 2010 World's Fair recently finished its record-breaking run in Shanghai with elaborate pavilions representing 200 countries that highlight what it might be like to experience Saudi Arabia, Germany, or even, say, China. This modern marvel drew in excess of 500,000 people per day and in total shuffled 70 million people through the six-month-long exhibition. Welcome to China.
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Shanghai is the most populous city in the world's most populous country, and often dubbed the birthplace of modern China with such milestones as the first car, the first train tracks, and the all-important first sewage system. Shang (above) hai (sea) is translated to ‘Upper Sea,' and this magnificent place remains the most invigorating and luminous city in the People's Republic of China. Often touted as the world's fastest growing economy,...
The Expo 2010 World's Fair recently finished its record-breaking run in Shanghai with elaborate pavilions representing 200 countries that highlight what it might be like to experience Saudi Arabia, Germany, or even, say, China. This modern marvel drew in excess of 500,000 people per day and in total shuffled 70 million people through the six-month-long exhibition. Welcome to China.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Obama's Apology Tour
Shanghai is the most populous city in the world's most populous country, and often dubbed the birthplace of modern China with such milestones as the first car, the first train tracks, and the all-important first sewage system. Shang (above) hai (sea) is translated to ‘Upper Sea,' and this magnificent place remains the most invigorating and luminous city in the People's Republic of China. Often touted as the world's fastest growing economy,...
- 1/8/2011
- by Jolie Hunt
- The Daily Beast
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