CHINA - impressive history and stormy present by Klaus Metzger (top 10 novels of all time txt) 📖

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 Nanjing Road   After visiting the Jade Buddha Monastery gave us our DERTOUR travel manager Mike 2 hours time for a " shopping spree " in the pedestrian zone of the famous Nanjing Road. For the correspondingly expensive goods we did not need - especially since we had already bought us on the previous CHINA tour interesting things.   We took the opportunity to observe Chinese families at the People's Suare. Then we discovered a "Road Train " with the words "CITY Tour" (Price 2 yuan per person). We thought of a city tour - however, they only drove the pedestrian zone up and down. After 2 rounds we got out. At McDonalds we ordered a Coke and discovered on the wall of a large photograph of the colonial Shanghai. It was a very interesting afternoon which cost almost nothing to us.

 

 Arrival of TRANSRAPID   A ride on the Transrapid (Chinese: Maglev ) was very impressive: in 8 minutes he put the 31 km from the metro station of Line 2 ( in PUDONG district ) to the Pudong International Airport back and reached a speed of 420 km / h Great fatigue our drive was on Monday morning , 25 April 2011 , by bus from our hotel , which was opposite the main station (north of Shanghai ). With our luggage had to not try to change trains. This was transported separately from the hotel to the airport . If you use the subway (line 2), this is an excellent way to avoid the numerous jams.   The Transrapid Shanghai needed for the 30 km distance to the Pudong International Airport 7 minutes and 18 seconds. After 3 ½ minutes, it reaches the operating speed of 430 km / h . This is held for 50 seconds and then started the deceleration phase. The average speed on this route is 247 km / h. The Transrapid line travels the day for 14 hours and can be transported per trip up to 440 passengers. On average (as of end of 2007) were transported daily around 7,500 passengers.   An easy drive 2 Class costs 50 yuan (about 5.50 euros ), upon presentation of a valid ticket 40 yuan (about 4.40 euros ). That's 10 times the price of an urban subway ride about 5-7 stations, or 2.5 times the price of the airport bus, which connects the city directly to the Pudong airport. However, the time advantage and comfort is crucial.       The route is deficient according to media reports due to low utilization. BBC News named the 20th January 2009 , citing China Business Journal a loss of operators of at least 100 million euros by the end of 2007 and an occupancy rate of below 20 percent. This also confirms my opinion that it is a pure Prestige case. For us, the trip by TRANSRAPID was the interesting conclusion of an exciting tour of CHINA (11 April to 25 April 2011), where we have approximately 4,000 km by bus, train, boat, plane and finally covered with the TRANSRAPID.

 

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