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Speed Display on the Shanghai Maglev

Shanghai Maglev Train

19 June 2012

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Eight minutes to cover 30 kilometers from Longyang Station to Pudong Airport.  I missed the part of the day when the top operational speed is 431 km/hr, but 301 km/hr (about 187 miles/hr) is pretty good for a rainy Sunday afternoon.

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Posted By: Hao Category: Things to Do Tags: Longyang, Maglev, Pudong, Shanghai, train

Chairman Mao Fun Facts – Farm-to-Table!

19 June 2012

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Why did Mao burn his tongue on the bighead fish soup?

He was supporting local agriculture before it was cool.

 

(At Di Shui Dong, the famous mountainside hotel where Mao stayed the week leading up to the Cultural Revolution in 1966)

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Posted By: Hao Category: Museums, Places Tags: Chairman Mao, cultural revolution, Di Shui Dong, farm-to-table, Hunan Province

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