Shanghai tourist spots
Shanghai Taikang Lu walking street
Taikang Lu (Chinese: 泰康路; pinyin: Taikang Lu), is an arts and crafts enclave that has developed from a renovated residential area in the French Concession area of the city of Shanghai in China. Taikang Lu is known for small craft stores, coffee shops, trendy art studios and narrow streets. It has become a tourist destination [...]
Beijing’s Empty Bullet Trains Is China investing way too much in its infrastructure?
China’s economy is overheating now, but, over time, its current over investment will prove deflationary both domestically and globally. Once increasing fixed investment becomes impossible—most likely after 2013—China is poised for a sharp slowdown. Instead of focusing on securing a soft landing today, Chinese policymakers should be worrying about the brick wall that economic growth [...]
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport Termanal 2
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport is situated in the western outskirts of Shanghai, about 13 kilometers (about 8 miles) from downtown area and about 60 kilometers (about 37 miles) from Pudong International Airport. The five-year US$2.2 billion Hongqiao Airport Expansion Project created a new 3,300 meter-long runway along with the terminal and will boost Hongqiao’s [...]
Shanghai Botanical Garden
Shanghai Botanical Garden The garden is as large as 81.86 square kilometers, and is often regarded as the favorite garden among foreign visitors. It is a place for plant researching, sightseeing and production. It is an enchanting garden especially in summer. Enter it and walk in the green grass and forest. There are white doves [...]
Shanghai Xin Tian Di
Located in the center of Shanghai City south of Huaihai Zhong Lu, Shanghai Xin Tian Di has become an urban tourist attraction that holds the historical and cultural legacies of the city. Shanghai Xin Tian Di is a fashionable pedestrian street composed of Shikumen and modern architecture style. Shanghai Xin Tian Di is unique because [...]
Shanghai Jin Mao Tower
Being the third tallest building of the world and the tallest building in China, Jin Mao Tower is located in the center of Lujiazui Finance and Trade Districts in Pudong. Jin Mao Tower can be conveniently accessed from either Puxi (the area west of the Hungpu River) by taking the tunnel (travel time is about [...]
Shanghai Children’s Palace:
Shanghai Children’s Palace: The building of the Children’s Palace used to be the former residence of Elly Kadoorie, a British Jew who started his business with 500 Hong Kong dollars and then became a rich businessman famous both in Hong Kong and Shanghai. In 1919 his former house was burnt down by a fire and [...]
Shanghai Library
Shanghai Library Shanghai is a metropolitan city with well-developed business and industry, and it is also a city that holds the leading place in China’s arts, sciences and education. The city has a relatively short history, but its first library dated back as early as 150 years ago. In 1847, shortly after Shanghai opened its [...]
Shanghai Xujiahui Cathedral
Shanghai Xujiahui Cathedral at the western end of Shanghai’s French concession was built by the Jesuits between 1904 and 1906, and is one of the largest Catholic churches in China. The church was originally known as Saint Ignatius and sat at the center of what was then a thriving Catholic community. Around it [...]
Soong Ching-ling’s Former Residence (Song Qingling Guju)
Hours: Daily 9am-4:30pm Address Huáihai Zhong Lù 1843 Phone: 021/6437-6268 Prices Admission ¥8 ($1) Transportation No Metro Soong Ching-ling (1893-1981) is revered throughout China as a loyalist to the communist cause. Born in Shanghai to a wealthy family, she married the founder of the Chinese Republic, Dr. Sun Yat-sen, in 1915. [...]
