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Ornate details at the Peace Hotel
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Returning to the Bund, cross the street and pay your respects to the statue of
Chen Yi
, a
Long Marcher and accomplished general who became Shanghai's first post-liberation mayor.
Mount the stairs to the riverside
Bund Promenade
and gaze at the futuristic Pudong skyline.
This impressive concentration of skyscrapers includes three of the 10 tallest buildings in the
world: the Shanghai Tower (632m/2,073ft, second-tallest), the World Financial Centre (492m/
1,614ft, fourth-tallest) and Jinmao Tower (420m/1,377ft, 12th-tallest).
