Shanghai

Ying Yu and I departed from LAX on March 28, 2013 and began the first part of the trip in Shanghai where we met up with Ying's wife Jean and grandson Javier.  We were in Shanghai for three days site with a ride on the MagLev train to and from the airport, visiting the site of the Shanghai 2010 World Expo (Broad Pavilion. China and Saudi Arabia Pavilions), downtown Shanghai, shops at the Yu Gardens and eating as shown on the following video (click on arrow and ball to open and view and double click to enlarge video screen):

I took over 700 pictures on this trip, some of which are included in video form with music and many have been excluded.   Since I am the one usually taking and posting pictures and videos, I was most appreciative of Ying taking pictures of me as well as the rest of our travel group as illustrated on this first video of our overall  trip:

During our stay in Shanghai, we had an appointment and personal tour of the Broad China Expo Building that supplied heating and cooling and air cleaners to the many other expo pavilions during Shanghai's 2010 World Expo:

Saudi Pavilion at China Expo, one of three pavilions still open to the public (Italy and Broad being the other two:

Street scene video near Yu Gardens:

 

Shanghai at night and nightscape:

 

The following scene is another Shanghai night scene, this time sampling many different food items from the local street vendors near our hotel:

The following video was taken to and from the Shanghai Airport on the MagLev Train:

Visit to Broad Company facilities in Changsha China

We were treated like VIP's at the Broad Company's facilities (company town) in Changsha, China after our visit to Shanghai and stayed in a Broad Company guest house.  In addition to touring Broad Town facilities, we were driven to view the birthplace of Chairman Mao and had lunch at a nearby exclusive restaurant that serves only Communist Party members and Broad Company executives.

After visiting the birthplace of Chairman Mao and lunch, we visited his family's temple, liberty square, and River View Park, and then dinner afterwards on our last day in Changsha before taking the bullet train to Beijing:

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Beijing

In Beijing, Ying made arrangements for us to stay at the Crown Plaza hotel not far from the Imperial Palace, shops and activities.  The following video is the Gray Line tour we took to visit  the third Ming Emperor's burial site and to hike the Great Wall of China with a cast of thousands.  Javier and I made it to the fifth station and top.  It took me an hour to climb the steep stairs and much less time for Javier.  Few foreigners were encountered along the way (double click to enlarge video).  Following the Gray Line Tour to the Ming Burial Site and the Great Wall, our group took a tour and had lunch at a jade factory showroom, then a tea demonstration and drive by the 2008 Olympic Village.  There are several pictures of the swim stadium where Michael reached new Olympic Heights with the Birdnest Stadium next door where the opening and closing ceremonies were held:

Beijing at Night and the Imperial Palace video: