Just got back from two weeks in China. Saw Beijing (Climbed the Great Wall (Badaling section), Forbidden City, Tianamen Square and more), Xi’an (Terracotta statues and more), Yangtze River (Three Gorges dam) and Shanghai (Bund, Pudong and more).

Lots of amazing things to see. China has raised more people from grinding poverty to ‘middle class’ faster than anyone else has ever , but still has a way to go. India has a lot to learn from China’s investment in infrastructure, though China started its economic reforms about 20 years ahead of India.

A few pictures:

Wall outside the Heavenly Center Stone in Beijing
Terracotta statues, Xi’an
Mag-lev train from Shanghai to airport
Top speed – 431 mph

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