On the other hand, Western civilization advanced because of sea-going exploration. John also points out that the neighborhood was occupied by the Japanese during World War II, and the People's Liberation Army still owns or controls much of the area. They are at Shanghai International Studies University and we compare our experiences. For dinner, we walk to the Red Wall Restaurant. I write out checks for some bills to mail on my way to Matsushita where I will meet Shigeo for lunch.
Shanghai sits in the Yangtze River delta, which is sediment dumped over millions of years.
A few years ago this was mostly rice paddies. It houses the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, the tallest structure in Asia. Going up is a bank headquarters building which will be the tallest in the world. Unfortunately, Pu Dong also has about a thirty percent occupancy rate. Seems the government encouraged joint ventures to build it up by offering land as their stake, with the foreign investor providing everything else as their stake.