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South Beauty
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Pudong New Area
On the east side of the Huangpu River, the colossal concrete and steel Pud-
ong New Area (Pudong Xinqu) is best known for the skyscraper-stuffed skyline
of Lujiazui, one of China's most photographed panoramas.
SHANGHAI WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER
(SWFC; Shanghai Huanqiu Jinrong Zhongxin;
Click here
www.swfc- observat-
ory.com; 100 Century Ave; 100 observation deck 94th/94th, 97th & 100th/ex-
clusive tour ¥120/150/300, concessions for children, seniors & students;
8am-11pm, last admission 10pm; Lujiazui)
Awaiting displacement by the
nearby Shanghai Tower (completion date 2014) as the city's tallest building,
the neck-craning 492m-high Shanghai World Financial Center is an astonish-
ing sight, even more so come nightfall when its 'bottle opener' top dances with
lights. There are three observation decks in total (94th, 97th and 100th floors),
with head-spinningly altitude-adjusted ticket prices and wow-factor elevators
thrown in. To make a meal (or a cocktail of it), there's always the option of
Architecture
