Thursday we had a private car take us from Suzhou to Shanghai. The drive took a bit less than two hours including heavy traffic once we got to Shanghai. Suzhou has very modern manufacturing parks and a huge new exposition center. I was amazed by all of the industry along the way as well as the large modern 8 lane highways. If this was the United...

Entry containing 3 photos titled: View of city from hotel, View driving around city 1, View driving around city 2

After exploring the Summer Palace, the Ming Tombs and the City of Beijing itself, we moved on south to suss out the shopping in Shanghai ... hmmmm .... many designer shops and markets and not a lot in between. The Chinese don't like bartering, but they don't mind US dollars (which Asian country doesn't?!!) Nina attended the ACMA (Acupuncture and...