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Shanghai Chinatown

Shanghai Chinatown

Shanghai is a recent city, a westernized city, so the classical Chinese buildings are all in the old city, which is thus in a sense the Chinatown. It features the teahouse featured in The Diamond Age and several gardens and interesting food stalls.

We enter Shanghai's Chinatown
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We enter Shanghai's Chinatown
Crowds bustle at food stalls.
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Crowds bustle at food stalls.
Down there somewhere is the antique market we went to
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Down there somewhere is the antique market we went to
This bridge, to the tea-house featured in The Diamond Age, has 7 bends to make it harder for evil spirits to navigate.  I guess they are simple minded.
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This bridge, to the tea-house featured in The Diamond Age, has 7 bends to make it harder for evil spirits to navigate. I guess they are simple minded.
Room in garden in old city
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Room in garden in old city
Detail of lattice work and art in garden
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Detail of lattice work and art in garden
Bamboo garden
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Bamboo garden
In the garden, and into-the-sun detail of the roof of one building
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In the garden, and into-the-sun detail of the roof of one building
Random sculpture from garden
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Random sculpture from garden
Lotus building in background with older garden in foreground
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Lotus building in background with older garden in foreground
The full bustle of the old city streets
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The full bustle of the old city streets
A cook makes nice dumplings, which we had to wait a long time for.
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A cook makes nice dumplings, which we had to wait a long time for.
Police arrest a man who got into a fight over the long dumpling line!
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Police arrest a man who got into a fight over the long dumpling line!

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