Sunday, May 03, 2009
Shanghai Pudong Airport Terminal 2
This is the new Terminal 2 of Pudong Airport. It's extremly big and at the time we were there (late in the evening as our flight left just before midnight) basically empty.
Hongmei Entertainment Street
Shanghai - Hongqiao
Roewe 550
This is the new Roewe 550 (ex Rover - now SAIC).
Thursday, April 16, 2009
A foggy SWFC
Sadly just a very foggy picture of the Shanghai World Financial Center with Jin Mao in the background. The weather was really bad.
Shanghai Legend
This is a complex named "Shanghai Legend" which is directly next to Zhangjiang High-Tech-Park Subway Station. I did house some restaurants when I left Shanghai more than two years ago.
Now it's basically full of restaurants and you can get every kind of food there. There is now also Pizza Hut (and not only Papa John's like before) and of course Starbucks and Subway.
In front of Shanghai Legend you can see the Tram that is currently under construction.
This is the current subway station which is a lightrail station right now. In between the station and Shanghai Legend is the constrction site for the Tram.
They are right now building a new underground subway station which means they will pull down this one in the future. This is done due to the extension of Line 2 to Pudong airport.
Qibao Old City in Shanghai
This is a famous tourist destination in Shanghai. It's one of the areas that really are old (in some parts). Most old city parts in Shanghai are demolished by now.
I guess they will pull it down and rebuild it so that it will look better.
The Highest Bridge In The World
I didn't know anything about it but I crossed this bridge.
Tsingtao Bar
This was the only bar in this town offering Tsingtao. It is quite expensive so it's not as popular as the cheap local beer.
Luckily they did some renovation work just on this day so the cooling system for the draft beer was off. Meaning the beer was warm and I felt a bit sick. So I took a bottled local beer which was at least cold.
Bridge across the Mekong
I could just take some bad pictures of the bridge over the Mekong river. The river divides the city into two parts - there are basically bars on the other side.
Public transportation
This is the public transportation system in this small city in the Yuxi district. It consists out of basically golf carts.
Advantage: No noise at all!
Disadvantage: No windows - just a front shield.
A road in the old city. I guess a real bus wouldn't fit here.
Some trucks waiting in front of a factory gate.
A city taxi in front of our "bus".
Shopping
There are a lot of shops that basically have the size of a garage. They even look like it when they are closed.
There were plenty of these in this town as most residential buildings have them in the ground floor.
So if the window of your bedroom is directly above these kind of shops there is no real hope to sleep before midnight. There are plenty of shops that are open for the whole evening. There are also bars and other venues for night entertainment there...
Simple Truck
These trucks are quite common in rural areas. The engine is very simple and noisy.
Restaurant in Yunnan
A restaurant in another city has these packed dishsets. This way they are guaranteed to be clean. Disadvantage is that you have to pay 1 Yuan extra (at around 10 € Cents).
Tissues supplied by this restaurant with advertisement for it on the box.
Yunnan Expressway
Emergency stop lane because it goes downhill for quite a long time and this can be an issue for an overloaded truck.
Just some views of the road.
Yuxi Waterfall
These are the waterfalls of Yuxi. Nicely made just short time ago.
Labels: China, Yunnan, Yuxi, Yuxi City
Hongta Park
This is the Hongta Park in Yuxi City. The park is owned by the Hongta Cigarette Factory. You can also see the Hongta tower.
Labels: China, Yunnan, Yuxi, Yuxi City
Street View
Internet access again
This is the yard of a restaurant in Yuxi City. Quite nice and if the weather would have been better we could have eaten outside.
Labels: China, Restaurant, Yunnan, Yuxi, Yuxi City
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Yuxi - Beach
Yuxi Park
Some pictures of the new park in Yuxi City with a man-made beach.
Labels: China, Yunnan, Yuxi, Yuxi City
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
I always have to defend myself for not buying...
And I just don't buy too many Chinese shares because I'm not that confident that it will continue to go well.
And it seems I'm not the only one.
But I will keep my China mobile shares - let's see if they can drop to the price when I bought them.
And it seems I'm not the only one.
But I will keep my China mobile shares - let's see if they can drop to the price when I bought them.
Friday, August 31, 2007
Three videos from China in 1972
Three old videos from China taken 1972 by a US tourist. No audio though.
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Good photo opportunities
Monday, May 28, 2007
A video about the traffic situation in Beijing
This is a video about the traffic situation in Beijing and how rude drivers of expensive cars (there is a high import tax on luxury cars!) can be when they should pay a 10 RMB (ca. 1 Euro - $1.20) parking fee:
More videos can be found on danwei.tv (link to this video).
More videos can be found on danwei.tv (link to this video).
Thursday, May 10, 2007
New pictures uploaded
PicasaWeb now offers 1 GB free space so I uploaded some more albums - most of them are not part of the blog:
PicasaWeb
Enjoy!
I also added all my pictures from Macau, which now also has a blog (as you may have seen in the comments). Macau is a gambler's haven and now is making even more money than Las Vegas. I'm not a gambler so Macau can get a bit boring when the weather is bad.
I will try to find a better logo for my sidebar link to Picasa...
PicasaWeb
Enjoy!
I also added all my pictures from Macau, which now also has a blog (as you may have seen in the comments). Macau is a gambler's haven and now is making even more money than Las Vegas. I'm not a gambler so Macau can get a bit boring when the weather is bad.
I will try to find a better logo for my sidebar link to Picasa...
Labels: China, Hong Kong, Macau, Pictures, Shanghai
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
Chinese Democracy (the real one)
This here is a report (with video!) about a brawl (again) in the Taiwanese parliment. You first would think you're in the Shanghai Metro but no this is really the parliment. Maybe it's because the KMT still remembers the good old times?
Now if you wonder why you never saw something like this during the meetings of the National People's Congress in Beijing - they have nothing to brawl about (because there's no opposition) and prefer to dose off and sip some green tea.
Scott Adams is going all crazy about this and thinks that this must be the perfect type of government - democracy and fighting.
I'm wondering now if I should really use the tags "China" and "Taiwan"?
Now if you wonder why you never saw something like this during the meetings of the National People's Congress in Beijing - they have nothing to brawl about (because there's no opposition) and prefer to dose off and sip some green tea.
Scott Adams is going all crazy about this and thinks that this must be the perfect type of government - democracy and fighting.
I'm wondering now if I should really use the tags "China" and "Taiwan"?
Monday, May 07, 2007
How to spot a fake: Lesson 2
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Dictionary
Han-dicapped (Adj): An inability to complete tasks and function properly because one is born Han Chinese.
Thanks for that! :-)
Thanks for that! :-)
Labels: China, Dictionary
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
How to spot a fake: Lesson 1
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Shanghai Auto 2007
Swat
Originally uploaded by Shanghai Sky.
Yes this is really a show about cars not some special units.
Labels: Auto Show, China, Shanghai
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Spot the funny thing in the picture
Friday, April 20, 2007
Good and not so good China news
This here is a nice thing - there will be plenty of new taxis and buses in Shanghai very soon. So finally there may not be big black clouds behind buses...
And maybe the chances to catch a very old VW Santana will be very small soon. These old and sh** cars nearly destroyed some of my suits.
These are disgusting news and I guess some people always suspected this to happen. At least it's not the other way round.
And maybe the chances to catch a very old VW Santana will be very small soon. These old and sh** cars nearly destroyed some of my suits.
These are disgusting news and I guess some people always suspected this to happen. At least it's not the other way round.
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Jieda or not Jieda :-)
Shanghai
This is the first picture I took when I arrived in Shanghai. It was only two years ago (actually 14. March 2005) but still some many things happened during these months...
Life can go "fast forward" sometimes.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
The Shanghai Metro Future
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Originally uploaded by jianshuo.
This is the metro plan developed by the Shanghai City Administration. Most lines will be finished 2010, some seem to be finished by 2012. The big green space in this plan is the area for the Shanghai World Expo 2010.
Labels: China, Metro, Shanghai
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
The Dream Island
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Taxi companies in Shanghai
Thanks to this article on Shanghaiist about a GPS unit in a taxi I got to the more and more useful "Live in Shanghai" section of Shanghai Daily. Here you can find some basic information about taxis in Shanghai (they even explain the standard receipt). This page shows the taxi companies in Shanghai. They even have an taxi editor so that you can recognize the different companies. :-)
They also have audio files of the different taxi companies there. :-)
The best taxi company in Shanghai is Dazhong, a big government company with several enterprises in China (they are also in Hangzhou). This is also one of the biggest bus companies in Shanghai.
If you are mainly in Pudong (especially Zhangjiang High Tech Area) then most taxis will be from Qiangsheng Taxi. I drove with this taxi company for more than one year until most of the drivers recognized me. They waited every evening at our company gate. This company is also quite big and reliable.
Try to mind a private taxi (dark red) and the blue union if you can - they can be of very different quality (but as always - the newer the taxi is and the nicer it looks the better your chances are).
If you want to try to order one in English - good luck!
Another article at Shanghaiist was about the great firewall there and a website where you can find out if anyone in China can visit your website.
They also have audio files of the different taxi companies there. :-)
The best taxi company in Shanghai is Dazhong, a big government company with several enterprises in China (they are also in Hangzhou). This is also one of the biggest bus companies in Shanghai.
If you are mainly in Pudong (especially Zhangjiang High Tech Area) then most taxis will be from Qiangsheng Taxi. I drove with this taxi company for more than one year until most of the drivers recognized me. They waited every evening at our company gate. This company is also quite big and reliable.
Try to mind a private taxi (dark red) and the blue union if you can - they can be of very different quality (but as always - the newer the taxi is and the nicer it looks the better your chances are).
If you want to try to order one in English - good luck!
Another article at Shanghaiist was about the great firewall there and a website where you can find out if anyone in China can visit your website.
Sunday, February 11, 2007
"Shanghai Daily Photo"
There is a blog that publishes a daily photo of Shanghai.
Today's photo is this one:
Enjoy! I'm very sure my wife would love to eat this again...
Today's photo is this one:
Enjoy! I'm very sure my wife would love to eat this again...
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Amazingly cheap Flat TV and Sat Receiver
Shanghaiist found a very cheap Flatscreen TV:
Find more about it on "Weird Asia news".
They also found a satellite receiver for $2.50!
Find more about it on "Weird Asia news".
They also found a satellite receiver for $2.50!
Labels: China
Friday, February 02, 2007
OBI China
These are "historic" pictures. OBI is a German company which had some stores in China (DIY shop). They gave up in the year 2005 and sold their Chinese business to B&Q.
Hungry!
Who would have thought that my wife misses this???
We can get "real" Italian pizza here and she misses the American style pizza...
This is Shanghai
The last picture shows the entrance of the metro station next to the Maglev station.
Labels: China, Metro, Shanghai
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Market
These are pictures of an illegal market next to the metro station entrance/exit nearby our apartment. The vendors arrive there at around 6 pm and tend to run away quickly when there's police nearby. They come back 5 minutes later then.
You can buy everything you need on this market - food, CD's, DVD's and handbags. :-)
Update: Changed the code that was wrong.
Labels: China, Metro, Shanghai
Some impressions from Shanghai
Construction next to our apartment. They closed a road to construct a tunnel. Luckily we moved out just before they started. This can be noisy for at least two years.
Added safety:
I took these pictures with my mobile phone camera. I finally uploaded them last weekend.
Chinglish II
This is a quite famous sign in the Shanghai Underground. I saw it when I arrived in Shanghai, but then they sticked some white paper on it to "cover up". After a year somebody took off the paper again.
Labels: China, Metro, Shanghai
A bit of Chinglish
This is a sign at the airport restaurant in Shanghai/Pudong.
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Some funny story to think of...
Really funny is some kind of way is this story by the Economist.
You may wonder if this is really the case but wages of good people have to rise at around 20% per year. If they don't get more they will go to another company which pays double.
Every company tries to build up factories around Shanghai. The problem is that there are only very few good people (especially management) so it can get very expensive. Especially because the education system still has no relation to reality, so it's difficult to employ university graduates.
What I really know is that living costs in Shanghai are exploding. Even the metro got more expensive...
You may wonder if this is really the case but wages of good people have to rise at around 20% per year. If they don't get more they will go to another company which pays double.
Every company tries to build up factories around Shanghai. The problem is that there are only very few good people (especially management) so it can get very expensive. Especially because the education system still has no relation to reality, so it's difficult to employ university graduates.
What I really know is that living costs in Shanghai are exploding. Even the metro got more expensive...
Labels: China
Warner Bros. is actually trying...
Warner Bros. realized just now that they can't win the fight against movie pirates in China the "classic" way - check this article.
They actually want to lower the prices to a level that you don't have to buy a copy: AV Warner will offer three versions of "Still Life" on DVD which will range in price from 10 yuan (US$1.3), 15 yuan and 25 yuan, said CAV Warner's director of marketing Edward Cheng.
I could cry when I read about these prices and compare them to German prices. You have to pay at least 10 Euro (US)$13 for an acceptable DVD.
They actually want to lower the prices to a level that you don't have to buy a copy: AV Warner will offer three versions of "Still Life" on DVD which will range in price from 10 yuan (US$1.3), 15 yuan and 25 yuan, said CAV Warner's director of marketing Edward Cheng.
I could cry when I read about these prices and compare them to German prices. You have to pay at least 10 Euro (US)$13 for an acceptable DVD.
Labels: China, General, Germany
Monday, January 15, 2007
Some facts about Shanghai Metro
Some interesting facts and pictures about the Shanghai Metro can be found on their new English homepage.
There is also a "Shanghai Transportation Blog" with some interesting pictures.
I love to take the metro - though sadly there is none at all nearby my current home. Especially the Shanghai Metro is developing rapidly. During my time in Shanghai two new lines opened (4 and 5) and many more were under construction. The extension of line 2 (to the domestic airport) just opened and the extension of line 3 opened a short time ago.
I hope I can still recognize some things when I go back (possibly this year).
There is also a "Shanghai Transportation Blog" with some interesting pictures.
I love to take the metro - though sadly there is none at all nearby my current home. Especially the Shanghai Metro is developing rapidly. During my time in Shanghai two new lines opened (4 and 5) and many more were under construction. The extension of line 2 (to the domestic airport) just opened and the extension of line 3 opened a short time ago.
I hope I can still recognize some things when I go back (possibly this year).
Labels: China, Metro, Shanghai
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Chinese Company sues a German Blogger
This one is a very interesting piece about courts in China.
Basic story:
MAN (German bus manufacturer) designs and sells a new type of bus. A Chinese company basically builds the same bus but for a third of MAN's price.
MAN and it's Chinese Joint Venture partner sued this company in China. This is still in court.
Some big German news sites (e. g. Spiegel Online (engl. Version)) reported this and used words like "complete copy". A German blog author also wrote about this and got sued now.
This is really not surprising. There were some lawsuits last year that showed what's possible if you do something that somebody with money and influence doesn't like.
One example is the lawsuit of an Apple subcontractor (for iPods) against two newspaper authors. They sued them personally and not the newspaper and they sued them for some millions. The court then blocked all their funds, cars and apartments. Due to high public pressure the company finally gave up after a week.
Basic story:
MAN (German bus manufacturer) designs and sells a new type of bus. A Chinese company basically builds the same bus but for a third of MAN's price.
MAN and it's Chinese Joint Venture partner sued this company in China. This is still in court.
Some big German news sites (e. g. Spiegel Online (engl. Version)) reported this and used words like "complete copy". A German blog author also wrote about this and got sued now.
This is really not surprising. There were some lawsuits last year that showed what's possible if you do something that somebody with money and influence doesn't like.
One example is the lawsuit of an Apple subcontractor (for iPods) against two newspaper authors. They sued them personally and not the newspaper and they sued them for some millions. The court then blocked all their funds, cars and apartments. Due to high public pressure the company finally gave up after a week.
Saturday, January 06, 2007
Shanghai Metro Announcments
I found something nice at Shanghaiist - Shanghai Metro Announcments as mp3-Sounds.
You could use them as a phone ringtone. :-)
If you can't find the download I could upload them to my server...
You could use them as a phone ringtone. :-)
If you can't find the download I could upload them to my server...
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Car Presentation
This was a car presentation during the Shanghai Auto 2005:
Jackie Chan as Superhero
On the Shanghai Auto Show:
I have to say that the car he was promoting is a flop in China.
I have to say that the car he was promoting is a flop in China.
Shanghai Auto 2005
I just uploaded all pictures from last year's Shanghai Auto to Picasaweb. I will add some videos to YouTube too.
You may see some cars that you never saw before and (hopefully) will never see again:
You may see some cars that you never saw before and (hopefully) will never see again:
Labels: Cars, China, Shanghai, Taxis
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Symbols of Hong Kong
This one here is a good symbol of Hong Kong. I looked at this tower from my hotel room. There are a lot of quite ugly skyscrapers in Hong Kong (my hotel can be included).
A symbol of modern Hong Kong - the Bank of China tower. A tower in Pudong/Shanghai actually looks similar.
This one is next to the BOC tower - it is the ICBC tower (afaik).
A symbol of modern Hong Kong - the Bank of China tower. A tower in Pudong/Shanghai actually looks similar.
This one is next to the BOC tower - it is the ICBC tower (afaik).
Labels: China, Hong Kong, Vacation
Monday, September 25, 2006
Taxis in Yuxi
This is a taxi in Yuxi - most of the taxis there are quite old. The reason for this is also the taxi fares in this town. Flagfall is 5 RMB and rides within the town are only 5 RMB. The flagfall in Shanghai is 11 RMB, so that they can pay for better taxis. ;-)
A taxi in Kunming is 7 RMB plus 1 RMB fuel surcharge.
A taxi in Kunming is 7 RMB plus 1 RMB fuel surcharge.
Taxi in Macau
The only taxi picture that I took in Macau:
The funny part is, that most of them have big ads for casinos on their car. It looks funny when a taxi with a "Sands" ad is waiting in front of the Wynn.
The funny part is, that most of them have big ads for casinos on their car. It looks funny when a taxi with a "Sands" ad is waiting in front of the Wynn.
Labels: China, Macau, Vacation
Saturday, September 23, 2006
The Historic City of Macau
It looks different from all these big casinos and hotels - at least they seem to try to keep some historic things...
Labels: China, Macau, Vacation
The Wynn Macau
It just opened in the week before I got there. Disadvantage was that everything around this casino is under construction so you can't really walk there (but there is a free shuttle bus from the Jetfoil Terminal and the border).
Labels: China, Macau, Vacation
HK Disneyland - The Lion King Show
Nice (indoor!) and in English/Cantonese with Chinese subtitles (there are screens with the text).
Labels: China, Hong Kong, Vacation
Some Impressions from Hong Kong Disneyland
It is really small - you can walk from one end of the park to the other within less than 5 minutes. It's still quite nice and there are some good attractions, though when the weather is bad it's boring. Be aware that Hong Kong has a lot of rainy days...
Labels: China, Hong Kong, Vacation
Hong Kong Disneyland
Some pictures from my trip to the Hong Kong Disneyland:
Thank God there was a typhoon warning in the morning so the park was basically empty and most attractions were closed...
Thank God there was a typhoon warning in the morning so the park was basically empty and most attractions were closed...
Labels: China, Hong Kong, Vacation
Monday, September 18, 2006
Flying Back Home
I'm currently flying back to Germany and do some "in-the-air-blogging" (SAS offers Internet Access by Connexion during the flight - though it didn't work in the beginning). My time in Shanghai ended now and we will continue our life in Germany.
So officially this blog can't really have the name "Pictures from Shanghai" - though I will continue to post some pictures I took during the last two weeks (my vacation).
I will think about a new name for this blog.
So officially this blog can't really have the name "Pictures from Shanghai" - though I will continue to post some pictures I took during the last two weeks (my vacation).
I will think about a new name for this blog.
Friday, September 08, 2006
The Swedish Ship Goetheborg
Huangpu River Cruise
I took a nice 1 hour river cruise - quite interesting. You can still see a little bit of the old industry here. The ones on the pictures will be pulled down in weeks/months. A Hong Kong Company bought the area to build some new towers.
Labels: China, Shanghai, Vacation
The Pudong Shangri-La
River views from the TV Tower
Nice and brown. :-)
This thing at the mouth of the Suzhou River is the People's Monument.
This thing at the mouth of the Suzhou River is the People's Monument.
Labels: China, Shanghai, Vacation
Views from the TV Tower I
The view can be excellent without clouds and haze and smog. We actually had quite a few days without all that this year so this was the right time for a trip to Shanghai (if you can stand the heat and humidity here).
This is a view up the Huangpu River direction Yangtze:
This is the famous Bank of China Tower:
You may know this tower if you watched Mission Impossible III (did anyone?).
Here you can see a view into Puxi. You actually can see some small old houses in there. I'm sure they will be vanished in a few month's time.
This is a view up the Huangpu River direction Yangtze:
This is the famous Bank of China Tower:
You may know this tower if you watched Mission Impossible III (did anyone?).
Here you can see a view into Puxi. You actually can see some small old houses in there. I'm sure they will be vanished in a few month's time.
Labels: China, Shanghai, Vacation
The Oriental Pearl TV Tower
I'm a real tourist now for some days here in Shanghai.
As a real tourist I had to seize the one (and only) nice day in this week to go up the Oriental Pearl TV Tower in Pudong. You can go up to 263 meters if you pay 85 RMB. You can also pay more and get higher into the sky capsule (but that takes time). So this is the tower in it's whole "beauty":
This is one elevator inside the tower:
As a real tourist I had to seize the one (and only) nice day in this week to go up the Oriental Pearl TV Tower in Pudong. You can go up to 263 meters if you pay 85 RMB. You can also pay more and get higher into the sky capsule (but that takes time). So this is the tower in it's whole "beauty":
This is one elevator inside the tower:
Labels: China, Shanghai, Vacation
Some random art in Zhangjiang
The Zhangjiang Center features some random art cramped in a little yard.
I will leave China on the 18. of September and will go to Hong Kong and Macau next week. I want to see the new Wynn Casino there.
Else everything else is going well in some way and we just applied for the residence permission for my wife. Being married feels not very different Wil - it is not even one month now. :-)
I will leave China on the 18. of September and will go to Hong Kong and Macau next week. I want to see the new Wynn Casino there.
Else everything else is going well in some way and we just applied for the residence permission for my wife. Being married feels not very different Wil - it is not even one month now. :-)
Labels: China, Shanghai, Vacation
Big Supermarket Opening
We had to move out of our nice apartment by the end of August so now we're staying at a friend's apartment.
This apartment is in "Koreatown", which basically means that everything is written in Chinese and Korean (bad for me) and most shops are owned by Koreans.
The supermarket next door opened just now and they had a big party. This basically meant that a guy was singing Karaoke for several hours in the early morning. He had support by a giant music system. Very nice...
This apartment is in "Koreatown", which basically means that everything is written in Chinese and Korean (bad for me) and most shops are owned by Koreans.
The supermarket next door opened just now and they had a big party. This basically meant that a guy was singing Karaoke for several hours in the early morning. He had support by a giant music system. Very nice...
Labels: China, Shanghai, Vacation
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Kunming at Night
Some pictures from the night market in Kunming:
Last Weekend III
Last Weekend II
These are pictures from the hotel where we got married in. It is the best hotel in town and has 4 starts. The staff can even speak a bit English.
A view into town:
A view into town:
Labels: China
Some Pictures from last Weekend
Last weekend I got married in a town nearby Kunming, Yunnan in China.
This is the building of the registration office for foreigners:
My wife's homevillage:
This is the building of the registration office for foreigners:
My wife's homevillage:
Labels: China
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Satellite Dishes
Just a little news item - maybe this helps a bit to understand some things here in China.
The main point of this article is:
Satellite dishes are legally allowed only in hotels above three stars, office buildings and apartments designed for foreigners.
We have satellite programs but our compound is designated for foreigners. This is one of the main differences between an apartment designed for foreigner (expensive) and a normal one (really cheap).
Another news item from yesterday was the ban of foreign cartoons in TV from 5 to 8 pm to "protect the Chinese cartoon industry".
And we also shouldn't forget the fact that not more than 20 foreign movies per year are allowed in Cinemas. And quite a few of these are really bad and cheap movies.
The main point of this article is:
Satellite dishes are legally allowed only in hotels above three stars, office buildings and apartments designed for foreigners.
We have satellite programs but our compound is designated for foreigners. This is one of the main differences between an apartment designed for foreigner (expensive) and a normal one (really cheap).
Another news item from yesterday was the ban of foreign cartoons in TV from 5 to 8 pm to "protect the Chinese cartoon industry".
And we also shouldn't forget the fact that not more than 20 foreign movies per year are allowed in Cinemas. And quite a few of these are really bad and cheap movies.
Friday, August 11, 2006
World Map
Funny little toy:
create your own visited country map
or check our Venice travel guide
And there are still many countries to visit and some I only visited for a very short time.
create your own visited country map
or check our Venice travel guide
And there are still many countries to visit and some I only visited for a very short time.
Labels: China
Sunday, August 06, 2006
The ferry to ShiLiuPu.
A picture from the "The Big Question" evening.
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
The last one for today.
The picture before showed the famous "Hairy crabs", these here are scorpions (deep fried).
Monday, July 17, 2006
Look at the most expensive apartments of Shanghai
You can buy the most expensive apartments of Shanghai in these three (there should be a fourth one in the back) towers.
One square meter costs 120.000 RMB (at around 12.000 Euro), which is the highest price in Shanghai. Even Villas are much cheaper. Other apartments in this area cost at around 25.000 RMB per m².
Number of apartments they sold: 0
They try now some international offers (according to Shanghai Daily). I'm sure the apartments are not that bad but they are simply totally overpriced and they are still simply apartments (big ones though).
One square meter costs 120.000 RMB (at around 12.000 Euro), which is the highest price in Shanghai. Even Villas are much cheaper. Other apartments in this area cost at around 25.000 RMB per m².
Number of apartments they sold: 0
They try now some international offers (according to Shanghai Daily). I'm sure the apartments are not that bad but they are simply totally overpriced and they are still simply apartments (big ones though).
River Views
Take a look at the beautiful Huangpu River:
This is the Puxi riverside promenade. It will be extended until ShiPuLu Ferry Station in the near future.
This is the entrance of the normal ferry station ("Bund ferry" from the Bund to DongChang Lu Ferry Station). A ride costs 0,20 Euro (2 RMB).
This is the Puxi riverside promenade. It will be extended until ShiPuLu Ferry Station in the near future.
This is the entrance of the normal ferry station ("Bund ferry" from the Bund to DongChang Lu Ferry Station). A ride costs 0,20 Euro (2 RMB).
"The other side of the river"
I took the ferry to the other side of the river yesterday. This is basically what I look at from my balcony:
They pulled down all old houses there and it is basically a bus park and mainly a heap of rubble.
YuYuan Garden is nearby this and I guess this is connected to the extension of this. You can see on the last picture above how nicely they decorated the outside.
Oh and yes, there are people living in the building that you can see on the first picture. I didn't take a picture of them.
They pulled down all old houses there and it is basically a bus park and mainly a heap of rubble.
YuYuan Garden is nearby this and I guess this is connected to the extension of this. You can see on the last picture above how nicely they decorated the outside.
Oh and yes, there are people living in the building that you can see on the first picture. I didn't take a picture of them.
Sunday, July 16, 2006
Bar/Lounge at the Bund
Shanghai Shenhua - Qingdao
The game finished just now and Shanghai Shenhua won with 2:0. That was at least the result when we left (2 minutes before the end) to catch the last metro home.
Not very busy but it was Sunday night...
Not very busy but it was Sunday night...
Bad weather, nice buildings
Metro Station
The new stations of Line 4 still look strangely clean. It looks like in a clinic or something similar. The glass doors are adding up to the floor, because of them you can't see the normal tunnel walls anymore. These screens here ususally show when the next train comes and they show ads and information videos:
Strange Hyundai Bus
This kind of buses is never seen in Germany. But I saw this special design for the first time now.
World Financial Center Shanghai - Status
It is funny to say but it really grows very fast. The edges are getting bigger now, so that you can see the design better. You can also see now some effects in the new windows.
Electronics Market in Baoshan Lu
We went to the electronics market next to the Baoshan Metro Station again. We had to sell some stuff (old laptop, old memory from my last upgrade) and we of course wanted to buy something.
The advantage of this market is the extensive second hand market. Most shops buy and sell second hand stuff of all kind. Many have wide ranges of used laptops from all kind of brands.
It is very big with some hundred stalls (they also sell watches, shoes and other stuff) spreaded over a building and "outside" stalls like these:
The whole area is basically full of shops selling all kind of electronics. The ones above are specialized on DVD players. The brands are named "Sany", "Panesanic" or something like that.
I also saw my mobile phone, a SonyEricsson W550c. It looked the same but the brand name was "SanyEricsson". ;-)
The advantage of this market is the extensive second hand market. Most shops buy and sell second hand stuff of all kind. Many have wide ranges of used laptops from all kind of brands.
It is very big with some hundred stalls (they also sell watches, shoes and other stuff) spreaded over a building and "outside" stalls like these:
The whole area is basically full of shops selling all kind of electronics. The ones above are specialized on DVD players. The brands are named "Sany", "Panesanic" or something like that.
I also saw my mobile phone, a SonyEricsson W550c. It looked the same but the brand name was "SanyEricsson". ;-)
Friday, July 14, 2006
This is just insane
I just found this story at Shanghaiist about a woman currently at trial in Shanghai. She actually has a good chance to get a real Darwin award due to the death penalty in China (no more public executions though but there is an execution van).
I just can't understand how she could get that far and how she even could use his passport to board a plane in the States. They will check everything when I go there next week but of course I didn't kill anyone...
What kind of fancy necklace is she wearing there on the picture?
I just can't understand how she could get that far and how she even could use his passport to board a plane in the States. They will check everything when I go there next week but of course I didn't kill anyone...
What kind of fancy necklace is she wearing there on the picture?
Thursday, July 13, 2006
Hangzhou Caves
You can see the carvings:
Hangzhou Taxis
Cave in the Temple Area in Hangzhou
There are also a lot of caves in this area with buddhist carvings. They are very interesting but sadly most of the faces of these carvings are missing. I think you can imagine why...
You can see the light beam here:
Fascinating:
You can see the light beam here:
Fascinating:
Labels: China
Temple in Hangzhou
I visited most famous temple (I think the name was Lingyu?) of Hangzhou during my last visit. It sadly was extremely hot and humid during the day so that it was not a very pleasant experience. But the temple is surely worth a visit.
You will find here many people praying and burning sticks. Only a very small part of the visitors actually knows anything about how to pray and burn these - as you can see in the following pictures.
I can imagine a lot of accidents happen there because people don't know that they souldn't hold the burning sticks all the time (they aren't religous, they simply do it because they hope it will help :-). You can also see them praying in Catholic churches). The smoke is important, not the fire...
Anyway, it is very interesting and a big tourist spot.
You will find here many people praying and burning sticks. Only a very small part of the visitors actually knows anything about how to pray and burn these - as you can see in the following pictures.
I can imagine a lot of accidents happen there because people don't know that they souldn't hold the burning sticks all the time (they aren't religous, they simply do it because they hope it will help :-). You can also see them praying in Catholic churches). The smoke is important, not the fire...
Anyway, it is very interesting and a big tourist spot.
Labels: China
Super Brand Mall
A view of Super Brand Mall...
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
A view to Zhongshan Park Station...
Relaxing
It is hot outside and this can really help sometimes.
Sunday, July 09, 2006
Another construction site. This one is on Nanjing Road, nearby Jing'an Temple.
