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Shanghai, China
Guangzhou, China
Enjoyed our meetings and colleagues. Went to dinner at a typical Guangdong/Canton restaurant. Menu was very creative. Plenty of exotics - baby pigeon, sting ray, fish guts, beetles, snakes, chicken feet. Was a bit naseous, but likely because of jet lag.
Shenzhen, China
Grab breakfast in the Asia International restaurant rotating at 46 stories above Guangzhou. Daylight looks different. Pearl River valley jungle onside and stretching tenements and skyscrapers rising up in the other. I cab 20 minutes to the Guangzhou East station. No signs in English and I walk around trying to read chinese before I find an English speaking agent who confirms the right track and that my ticket is correct. Train is very nice, high speed...
Guangzhou, China
Arrive after 11 pm and my company screws up the pick-up. 20 guys trying to sell me sim-cards are chasing me around baggage claim because I'm clearly not moving out. After an hour and deciding I won't be picked up, I bee-line for the first cab in lineup. The driver doesn't speak English nor does the lead of the sim-card mafia, but he jumps in the front seat after I negotiate 200 yuan for the ride into the city using the hotel's chinese chara...