Thursday, July 30, 2009

Shanghai

The group at the conference at Shanghai Normal University


River cruise on the Huangpu River in Shanghai



Night market in Shanghai. Here you could find anything from chicken wings to fried scorpions!


Shanghai is the largest city in China with a population of over 14 million. Shanghai is a port city on the Yellow Sea. The name Shanghai means "above the sea". The colonial section of Shanghai which is known as The Bund is the glamorous, high living, and ultimately decadence area of town. Today Shanghai is growing at a rapid pace, new high rises are going up all over the city. Shanghai is an autonomous municipality, and recent explosion of economic and industrial development has made it one of the fastest growing cities in the world.

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