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Continuously being developed as more and more people discover the warmth of the area, there is always a room for a new shop willing to celebrate art and design in Xintiandi.

Xintiandi

Philip Ace Falcon - falcon1 [260]

Betwixt narrow alleys and traditional Shikumen houses restored from the past is a shopping, dining, and entertainment joint that has been labeled, "new heaven on earth." This is Xintiandi.

Destinations: Shanghai | China
Topics: Culture | Travel | 20th Century History | Architecture

Peace Hotel

Agence-France Presse AFP - Global [28,188]

Landmark Shanghai hotel gets modern makeover...

Destinations: Shanghai | China
Topics: Travel | Architecture
Modern Shanghai style: the Santa Rosso Italian restaurant. Shanghai, China.

Shanghai: Where The Past And Future Collide

Graham Simmons - gsimmons [5,355]

In Shanghai, the future is displacing the past so fast that there is hardly any present...

Destinations: Shanghai | China
Topics: Travel
1930s-style kitchen, in the new "Open House" museum at Xintiandi, Shanghai.

Xintiandi spells "shanghai"

Graham Simmons - gsimmons [5,355]

Shanghai's Xintiandi entertainment district is famous for its restaurants and bars in Shikumen houses, a style of architecture that dates back to the Taiping Rebellion of the mid-1800s.

Destinations: Shanghai | China
Topics: Travel

Two Nights in Shanghai

Nolan Webb - nwebb [673]

Three anxious knocks bring me to the door of the shared hostel room. Behind it is the perplexed-looking face of a young man in an oversized black jersey and Yankees cap, out-of-breath and speaking...

Destinations: Shanghai | China
Topics: Travel | 20th Century History | Nature

Shanghai: Coming Alive

Tara Russell - taravrussell [694]

Daybreak. A ballet. No word better describes the movement and activity beginning to stir on and around the streets of Shanghai. Swift movement, strength, and diversity consume the streets creating...

Destinations: Shanghai | China
Topics: Travel | People

Imperial China Meets Star Trek In Shanghai

Susan Storm - sstorm [1,087]

"You Italian women," spat the angry Chinese man who's touting attempts I'd deflected by pretending I didn't understand him, "you all the same. You fat, you ugly." He turned and walked away, throwing...

Destinations: Shanghai | China
Topics: Travel

A Tale of 2 Chinese Cities

Hwee Min Liew - hmliew [436]

When I told my friends that I was going backpacking in China, they all thought that I was crazy. "Why would you want to go somewhere where you can hardly find decent toilets?" was a question many...

Destinations: Shanghai | China
Topics: Travel | People
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