MODERN CHINA AS SEEN IN PUDONG.
From Shanghai we caught a taxi which drove through a tunnel under the Huangpu River. The sights we encountered were completely unexpected, for here is a modern city of skyscrapers extraordinaire.
Pudong was Shanghai's poorest quarter, a squalid huddle of slums, brothels and gangsters. Now a forest of skyscrapers has grown out of this backwater.
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| Our first view of Pudong |
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| The broad avenues stretched beyond the skyscapers. |
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| Behind the avenue awesome skyscrapers reach upward. |
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| The beginnings of the Oriental Pearl TV Tower. |
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| And it stretches ever upwards. |
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| The "PEARL" seen through a glass dome. |
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| The "PEARL" framed by other skyscrapers. |
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| The "BUND" seen from Pudong. |
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| Crowds wander about modern Pudong. |
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| Pudong has its own "Twin Towers". |
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| Modern car, modern city! |
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| Who uses stairs in a modern city? |
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| Various companies have branches in Pudong! |
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| Some skyscrapers are taller than trees! |
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| Paths,using bridges, are generally constructed in a zig-zag pattern. |
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| The "PEARL" attempting to hide behind trees and towers! |
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| A reflection on skyscrapers! |
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| Architects seemed to have a brief demanding diversity. |
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| Massive! Jinmao Dasha 421 metres. Behind - Shanghai World Financial Centre 492 metres. And to the right, the new construction is to surpass them all! |
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| Is it Leggo? No. Jinmao Dasha. |
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| Behind the lovely lady is the "Bottle Opener". |
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| The "Entrance" to the Jinmao Dasha whose 88th floor has an observation deck. |
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| Just amazing! |
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| The "Bottle Opener"! We are about to enter the Shanghai World Financial Centre! |
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| Believe it or not! We are in a lift on our way to the "Bottle Opener's" 91st floor. Within seconds we reached our destination on top of Pudong. |
