Here are a few shots of Shanghai (sadly I didn't shoot much in this city). One of the interesting places I did get to see was the Oriental Pearl Tower. It is the 3rd tallest radio/TV tower in the world. There is an observation deck at the top that has a plexi-glass floor. It freaked us all out a bit but we walked on it anyone, making the assumption that the construction must be sound. I am not sure why we assumed this since we had seen some funny construction practices throughout our journey. In Beijing, for example, we watched crews plant electric poles throughout a neighborhood and then just fill in the hole around the pole with only dirt--no cement. The day after we braved the Pearl Tower's glass floor we saw that a building in Shanghai had fallen over. It did not collapse- it simply fell over. Check it out.
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