We spent the first half of the day traveling. I am surprised how much our group of American citizens stands out in each city and airport. In our country, we are used to seeing people of every nationality. This is not the case here in China. People watch as we walk by, some try and take our pictures. We have all found this very amusing but it makes me appreciate the multiculturalism of America and that anyone fits in.
We have only seen a very small part of Shanghai today but the size of the city and the mass amounts of people is impressive. Their population is now 20 million. Shanghai began its rapid growth in the 90's. Within the last 20 years, the entire city west of the Yangsi River has developed. This makes up almost half of the city. They sometimes refer to the new side and the old side. Shanghai was one of the first Chinese cities to open up to foreign companies. This had a huge impact on its rapid growth.
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