I was struck by the dichotomy between the old and new aspects that I see in China. So I have made a somewhat arbitrary division and put my impressions of New China at my China New 2000 page with my Old China impressions on this page. Select here for my general Trip 2000 page. After China, the next section of my trip is at Siberia 2000 page.
Shanghai is a good place to see the old Chinese culture.
The new Shanghai Museum is the best that I have visited in Asia. His animation face looks quite alive. After my visit to the museum, I spent an afternoon with the Shanghai Peking Opera. The action was easy to follow, the music interesting and the costumes were colourful. Large parts of Nanjing's city wall system still exist.