First China pix
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 12:50AM
Thomas P.M. Barnett

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Bit of older, downtown Shanghai

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Outdoor mall

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Part of garden

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Same garden

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A serious home theater!

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Same

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Model of Shanghai World Financial Center.

Heading up!

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Looking down on Pearl Tower

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Overlooking city

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View from 100th floor

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View down thru glass floor

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Now lesser buildings

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View across 100th floor observatory

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Pearl Tower from street view

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Drinking Tsingtao, across Huang Pu river from Bind (historic old district of colonial era buildings) in Shanghai.

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Nicer hotel window shots on clearer last day

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Just notice how far those high-rises extend to the horizon

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