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Country Name: People's Republic of China

Capital City: Beijing

Population: 1,313,973,713 (2006)

Population Growth: 0.59% (2006)

Currency: yuan (CNY)

Languages: Chinese

Area: 9,596,960 sq km

Inflation Rate: 1.5% (2006 est.)

Unemployment Rate: 4.2% official registered unemployment in urban areas in 2005; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas (2005)

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CHINA ATTRACTION SHANGHAI

The Bund - The Bund is an area of Huangpu District in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. The area centres on a section of Zhongshan Road within the former Shanghai International Settlement, which runs along the western bank of the Huangpu River, facing Pudong, in the eastern part of Huangpu District. During the evening it is nice ( but busy) place for walk. The Bund stretches one mile along the bank of the Huangpu River. Traditionally, the Bund begins at Yan'an Road in the south and ends at Waibaidu Bridge in the north, which crosses Suzhou Creek.The Bund centres on a stretch of the Zhongshan Road, named after Sun Yat-sen. Zhongshan Road is a largely circular road which formed the traditional conceptual boundary of Shanghai city "proper". To the west of this stretch of the road stands some 52 buildings of various Western classical and modern styles which is the main feature of the Bund (see Architecture and buildings below). To the east of the road was formerly a stretch of parkland culminating at Huangpu Park. This area is now much reduced due to the expansion of Zhongshan Road. Further east is a tall levee, constructed in the 1990s to ward off flood waters. The construction of this high wall has dramatically changed the appearance of the Bund.

YuYuan Garden - located in the center of the Old City in Shanghai, China, is considered one of the four finest Chinese gardens. The garden was reportedly first established in 1559 as a private garden created by Pan Yunduan, who spent almost 20 years building a garden to please his father Pan En, a high-ranking official in the Ming Dynasty, during his father's old age. Today Yuyuan occupies an area of 2 hectares (5 acres), and is divided into six general areas laid out in the Suzhou style.