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Photographs of Shanghai China

SHANGHAI 1996: The Chinese middle class love to travel, and domestic travel is all the rage. The Bund at night is a non-stop carnival of tourists, shoulder to shoulder people strolling along taking in the sights, every 3rd person has a camera and is taking pictures. Every 10th person has some sort of attention grabbing contraption they are trying to sell, all are bright, shiny and noisey. And all these tourists?.. Chinese. they don't need foreign tourism, although that's exploded also. I was glad to see my good ole bar was still there... Judy's. it's not changed much, except many new bars have opened up around it. If Beijing has grown 30 years in the past 7, Shanghai has grown 100. Shanghai has leapfrogged the present and is already in the future. It used to be a town of cranes.. much like Dubai is today, but now it's simply... over the top. The Old Town section boasts the most street hawkers in the world. They don't bother the Chinese tourists, only foreigners. So, how do you say "no" to a Shanghai Street hawker? Well, we had plenty of time to come up with answers... Here's a sampling: no, no thanks, not today, sorry, next time, don't want it, don't need it, ok you be quiet, get lost, take a hike, zip it, keep your trap shut, put a plug in it, shut your piehole, hey you - STFU, does it look like I care, talk to the hand, how does that impact global warming?, does it look like I care, your lips are doing this - I need them to do this, beat it, scram, go away, what part of no don't you understand? go jump in a river, put a cork in it, sssshhhh, hey you sssshh, make like michael and start boltin...

Looks like Detroit. Well, the foreground does	Out with the old to make room for the new	Peeling red paint is a theme in China
Will get around to cleaning up later	Dumpling joint	Peace to all the Chinese hotties
Industrial age still kicking	Midday nap time	Sweeping the streets
Shanghai alley ways	Peace hotel cooridoors	Room to the unknown
Poor boy or good actor	Mickey D's in the house	Cement truck
Keyhole doors	At least the pillow looks comfy	Globalization
Old Shanghai Architecture	You gotta love Bill	Green Water, Red Sky
Maybe renovating to make a Starbucks	Well broken	On Duty Manager
Red flags a flowing	HuangPu River	Beers at the Peace Hotel roof garden
Zhongshan Rooftops	Downtown Pudong	Lujiazui Area
View down the HuangPu River	Clear skies over Shanghai	cityweekend.com.cn
Sweet bike and doors	Two thirds my diet	Time to make a McDonalds
Oriental Pearl TV Tower	Cool noodle shop	468 meters tall
The Bund from a distance	Deep up Nanjing Road	HuangPu at night
View from the Bund	Night clouds over Shanghai	View from the Peace Hotel
Many pics of the main attraction	The darker side of Shanghai	Competition with Hong Kong
Customs House on the Bund	The Bund at night	Well lit alley way