Shanghai World Financial Center

No.100, Century Avenue, Pudong New Area, Shanghai , Shanghai, China - Phone: 86-21-3867-2008

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    Shanghai Surprise!

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    Boy, you all think you are a bunch of comedians on the blog comments. We appreciate your humor and participation. We look forward to turning on our computer and seeing what you all have to say. :)

    A question we keep getting is about the weather. It's very cold here. We have no idea what this means off the top of our heads but it's anywhere …

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    Mom and Dad Under the Asian Persuasion Part 1

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    After the long, sad and depressing story of how Bruce left this world, I'm sure everyone is pining for something to relieve their sad souls. So now the much awaited and anticipated Mom and Dad visit!

    The first night the rents were here and straight off the plane (and after giving me all my super great loot from America) We headed out to …

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    Chinese Labor day

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    A few weeks ago Wynneth and I went to the Shanghai World Financial Center, over our few days off. Hopefully I can get all my pictures on the blog tonight.

    Some facts about the SWFC:

    • It is the second tallest building in the world, behind the Burj Khalifa, in Dubai.

    • It is the tallest building in China …

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    Experiencing Shanghai!!

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    May 6, 2012

    Chinese Phrase of the Day:
    Nǐ hěn piāo liang. This means "You are beautiful." This is a phrase which I hear quite often...so much to the fact that I've learned how to say it in Chinese by hearing it so many times.

    There has been so much that has happened this week that I don't even know where to start …

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    Soaring skyscrapers

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    After the horrific experience of the ************* the sleeper train from Beijing to Xi'an we were determined we would make sure we had a bed for the train from Xi'an to Shanghai. We settled into the cramped top bunks of a 6-sleeper compartment and managed to get some sleep en route. We brought the miserable weather with us and for the first day …

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    The slow train to Shanghai

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    ... was to the waterfront that we first headed to take in the infamous Shanghai skyline, made up of the Pearl Tower, Shanghai World Financial Centre (462 m high) and the Jinmao Tower, and to walk along The Bund, China's equivalent of Wall Street. Obviously ...

  • 2

    Scared of heights? Me? Pah!

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    ... of a sleep and felt a bit better so we decided to go to Pudong to scale the dizzy heights of The Shanghai World Financial Centre (1614.2ft).  The building has the highest observation deck in the world at 1555ft above ground level and it ...

  • 3

    Shanghai - the economic powerhouse

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    ... of the glass walkway. Much amusement was had by onlookers as I crawled on all fours to retrieve it. Nearby was the Shanghai World Financial Centre, a 500 metre high ultra modern building that is shaped like an old bottle opener. At the moment, it’s ...

  • 4

    Erste Stadterkundung - Bundpromenade und Pudong

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    ... uns die Aussichtplattform gefallen die einen gläsernen Boden hatte.Des weiteren war die Sicht auf das Expogelände, das Shanghai World Financial Center und den Jin Mao Tower bombig. Auf dem World Financial Center war ich letztes Jahr ebenfalls oben und ...

  • 5

    Take that Shanghai

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    ... young the founders were and to see the beautiful space that the party had to meet in. Next up was the futuristic World Financial Center, our favorite building in the city that looks like a bottle opener.  They have a unique observation tower with a ...

  • 6

    This Month's Wanderings

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    ... the middle of the Pudong area (next to the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the Pearl TV Tower, and the World Financial Center), and when I’m not performing fascinating and actually useful Intellectual Property Rights research I’m being whisked away ...

  • 7

    Pudong, "Saturday Night", and Little Victories

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    ... of brand you only ever see in commercials or magazine ads), numerous neat little parks, and Shanghai's tallest building (home to the World Financial Center, a Hyatt, and numerous other offices).  We talked the door attendant into letting us into ...

  • 8

    Sunny skies for out first day in Shanghai

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    ... of the buildings along this waterfront yet just across the water are very modern building like the Pearl Tower and Shanghai's World Financial Center (looks like a bottle opener).  We are scheduled to go onto the observation deck of the Pearl Tower ...

  • 9

    Bund

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    ... Grand Hyatt Hotel half way up! I thought it quite an attractive building with its cross-shaped cross section and pinnacle. Shanghai World Financial Centre Tower (usually called SWFC) is right next to Jin Mao and took over as the tallest building when it ...

  • 10

    Shanghai

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    ... largest TV tower in the world.  Another was the Jin Mao Tower which is the world's tallest hotel.  The other big one was the Shanghai World Financial Center which when the construction is done will be the second tallest building in the ...