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China, Shanghai, Pudong Panorama, .nightfall over Pudong
Pudong is an area which extends all the way to the East China Sea. Situated in the east of Shanghai on the Huangpu River across from the historic city centre of Shanghai in “Puxi”, The name “Pudong” refers to its historic position as "The East Bank" of the Huangpu River, which flows through central Shanghai area.
It takes the benefit of the location at the junction of middle China costal area & the mouth of the Yangtze River. In 1990, China State Council officially announces to open a new area to strengthen the economics of Shanghai. During the years of development, Pudong occurrence of great changes, from the rice paddies of farmland into skyscrapers business & financial, prosperity urban area, which has become the world's attention & known as the "Pearl of the Orient".
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Modern Days Tsim Sha Tsui ... only the Clock Tower has survived.
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China, Shanghai, SWFC, photo taking standing on the transparent floor through the glass panel down from the 100th floor 55 mtr long skywalk at a height of 474 mtr of the 492 mtr high Shanghai World Financial Centre, facing the Jin Mao Tower in Pudong.
The 420.5 mtr high Jin Mao Tower, the 5 star 548 room Grand Hyatt Shanghai hotel, occupying the floors 53 to 87 & a bar on the 88th floor, is a tenant in the tower, up to the 93rd floor are the spire floors.
The floor in front of the windows of the 100th floor walk is designed with an about 1.5 - 2 mtr wide transparent glassfloor strip on either sides, each panel is calculated for a load of 240 kg per glass panel.
Standing on the glass floor, you have this spectacular view below your feeds on streets & happenings 474 mtr below you…, ⦂⚪)
Since the weather changes very fast in Shanghai in can happen, you arrive at the SWFC in plain blue sky & sunshine, once you reach the top, takes about 1,5 hours depending on the visitors line on the entrance, a 15 minutes introduction of the SWCF, security checks & elevator occupancy, the weather has changed, you find yourself up in or above the clouds, but it changes again very fast.
However, it is worthwhile taking the time & spending some time really to explore the views & the different levels of the tower.
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China, Beijing,…autumn sunset over the Forbidden City, the “Zǐjinchéng”, in China now it is usually called Gùgōng.
It is the centre of Beijing. The Palace was for 276 years, 1368 –1644 the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty & until the end of the Qing Dynasty, established in 1636 & ruling China from 1644 to 1912.
Built from 1406 to 1420, was it the home to twenty-four Chinese emperors, from the Ming dynasty & 1420 until the end of the Qing dynasty before the abdication of Puyi in 1912. The Palace served as the home of emperors, their family circle, as well as the ceremonial & political centre of Chinese government for over 500 years.
The 980 buildings complex with officially 9.999 rooms, as a room is considered the space between four pillars. The palace represents traditional Chinese impressive architecture, it influenced cultural & architectural developments in East Asia.
The whole complex was built without a nail or a screw only with dowels & interlacing, the general renovation which started in 2002 is done with same technics & craftsmanship as in past hundreds of years & will need a couple of more years, by the year 2020, 85% by 2020 to be finalized & open to the public. During the imperial centuries it was forbidden to build any house higher than the Palace buildings, hence during thunderstorms it was the main object in Beijing to be hit by lightning
After the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, some damage was done to the Forbidden City as the country was flounced up in revolutionary fanaticism during the Cultural Revolution. However, further destruction was prevented when Ordered by Mao Zedong, the Premier Zhou Enlai, sent an army battalion to guard the Forbidden City to prevent further devastation.
Zhou Enlai was the first Premier of the People's Republic of China, Mao Zedong was the Chairman, founding father & intellectual leader of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
The Imperial Palace, built in only 14 years from 1406 to 1420, is a rectangle covering 720,000m2 with 961 mtr from north to south & 753 mtr from east to west. Crossing the Forbidden City through to the Tiananmen Gate, which is decorated with a portrait of Mao Zedong, the forecourt & the Meridian Gate to the north gate on Jingshan Hill it is a length of slightly more than 1,5 km. The Forbidden City is enclosed by a 7,9 mtr high & 6 mtr wide defensive wall, which has a circumference of 3,430km, surrounded by a 52 mtr wide ditch.
The Forbidden City is documented as one of the most important five palaces in the world, with an area of 72ha it is the largest & ancient palatial structure in the world
The palace is 960 mtr long & 750 mtr wide, has formally 9,999 rooms, a room being the space between four pillars. The Forbidden City is enclosed by an almost 8 mtr-high defensive wall, which has a circumference of 3,430km.
Since 1925, the Forbidden City has been under the charge of the Palace Museum, whose extensive collection of artwork & artefacts were built upon the imperial collections of the Ming & Qing dynasties.
Approximately 15 million tourists visit the palace every year.
About 25% of the museum's former collection is since the Chinese Civil War located in the National Palace Museum in Taipei, both museums descend from the same institution.
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Only loyalists need apply
Whew, those promises did not last long, did they? Those broken promises have resulted in a flight of money from Hong Kong, which looks like it will have the worst-performing major stock market in the world for 2021.
Goodbye to Jimmy Lai of the defunct Apple Daily newspaper and hello to his jail term. Goodbye, freedom of the press.
Victoria Harbour, Star Ferry and Central, Hong Kong
In just a few minutes, this peaceful harbour turned into a frightening darkness and chaos... "a sudden storm"
Touristy? Maybe... but I just love this place.:-)
Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
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The Star Ferry has been in service since 1888 and remains an important part of the Hong Kong scene. Rated by National Geographic as one of the best 50 places in the world to be and one of the top ten city boat rides, a one-way ticket nevertheless will cost you only 24 pence !
Star Ferry Pier, Central refers to any of the successive generations of Central Ferry Piers in Central, Hong Kong used by the Star Ferry for its services across Victoria Harbour to Tsim Sha Tsui Ferry Pier. The current Star Ferry pier is the fourth to bear the name in Central. It opened for public service on 12 November 2006.Central Piers 7 and 8 were built to replace the Edinburgh Place Ferry Pier in Central, on Hong Kong Island, pursuant of the Central and Wan Chai Reclamation projects. The building design resembles the second generation pier. The pier was moved further into Victoria Harbour, and constructed on reclaimed land approximately 300 metres away from the former site. Part of the new pier was built at the time of the reclamation for the Hong Kong Station of the Airport Express MTR line and the International Finance Centre. It thus derives its name from having been Pier No.7 of the outlying islands ferry piers. Pier 8 was subsequently converted and is currently housing the Hong Kong Maritime Museum since February 2013. As a consequence, Pier 7 remains the only one serving the Star Ferry in Central.