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PUDONG
Pudong is the face of 21st-century Shanghai, a showcase of the
best, the brightest and the most advanced the city has to offer. A
walk among the skyscrapers offers a peek into the China of tomor-
row.
DISTANCE:
2.5km (1.5 miles), plus taxis
TIME:
A full day
START:
Oriental Pearl Tower, Lujiazui Road
END:
Shanghai World Financial Centre, Century Boulevard
POINTS TO NOTE:
Take the metro to Lujiazui station, the Bund Tour-
ist Tunnel or a taxi to the Pearl Tower. This is a great route for famil-
ies.
Pudong is Future Shanghai. Anchored by the rocket-like Oriental Pearl Tower, this zone east
of the Huangpu River with its forest of skyscrapers (not one was built before 1990) looks like
the set of a space-age film. Much of Shanghai's fast-forward progress since 1990 has been
crammed into this 350 sq km (135 sq mile) area.
SHANGHAI'S ICON
The most intriguing way to travel between the Bund and Pudong is via the Bund Sightseeing
Tunnel: train cars are accompanied by flashing lights, waving 'people' on the tracks and
scenes projected onto the tunnel walls. Entrance is near the Chen Yi statue on the Bund.