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2009/03 – Shanghai – 2 Highspeed from Dunhill to Barbie to Pyongyang

29 Mar

  Transrapid/Maglev train – Pudong International Apt. to Shanghai Dunhill House – Shanghai Barbie Shanghai Yuliu – North Korean Restaurant – Shanghai March 2009 What is the fastest connection between Dunhill vintage cigars , Barbie dolls and North Korean Pyongyang-style Kimchi ? The German Transrapid, known as Maglev in Shanghai, the only place in the Read more…

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2009/03 – Shanghai 1 – Barbie, GI Joe and Partagas Condes

15 Mar

  Pudong viewed from atop the Hyatt on the Bund Barbie and GI Joe at Roosevelt’s Steakhouse March – 2009 Barbie turned 50 this week, thin and blond as ever. Three days before I arrived in Shanghai a giant 6 floors high Barbie flagship store had opened to much fanfare in the city and the Barbie Read more…

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