Shanghai is considered the Paris of Asia. There’s a reason for this and I hope these five pictures and video will show that.
Notice the Chinese middle-class tourists on the boat. Study how they dress. See the cameras. And ask yourself this—if these people are so brainwashed and downtrodden, why are they out taking a cruise on the Huangpu River taking pictures as if they were visiting the Grand Canyon or New York?
Pudong side of Huangpu River
See the city skyline along the river.
This is only a small portion of Shanghai.
Shanghai side of Huangpu River - the croweded Bund
East of the Huangpu River is Shanghai. On the west bank is Pudong–fifty years ago, this land was farm land.
A close up of the crowded Bund on the Shanghai side of the river
Check out the number of Chinese tourists visiting the Bund in this photograph. I’ve waded through these crowds. These people are laughing, smiling, eating, taking pictures of each other, clowning around. They are having more fun than I see from most American tourists when I travel in America.
Look at the signs-Nikon, LG, Nestle
China has almost five hundred million people living in its cities. Another eight hundred million live in the country. If it hasn’t already happened, there will be more Chinese on the Internet than the population of the United States and there are ways to get around the censors. Fifteen to seventeen million people live in Shanghai.
To discover more about Shanghai visit:
Shanghai
Shanghai Huxinting Teahouse
Eating Gourmet in Shanghai
Shanghai’s History & Culture
Chinese Pavilion, Shanghai World Expo
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Lloyd Lofthouse is the award-winning author of the concubine saga, My Splendid Concubine & Our Hart. When you love a Chinese woman, you marry her family and culture too.
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