I female student I met on this trip told me: "Shanghai is not the real China." Maybe like me, she came from the typical small town (in my case, small country) who was in awe at seeing the mega city for the first time. Still, modern Shanghai is an apparent indication of what China will be in the very near future and what it is now... an emerging economic powerhouse of the world. State of the art architecture greets one upon arriving in the Pudong International Airport, accessible via subway and the super-fast Maglev trains. As a tourist, I loved being in ... Continue Reading...