Experiences at Shanghai When it comes to China, we usually think of the beautiful scenes, delicious foods and the incredible amounts of people. Although it is, Shanghai is actually a weird place. There’re some weird things I’d like to share with you. I will write down my opinion below, and then you can write down yours or help me correct my article. Thanks very much! Just like other large cities, the public transportation in Shanghai is very convenient for partly easing the crazy amount of people flow. However, there’s something different from other cities. The amount of police officers and the security checks are so many. People who would like to take the metro or the maglev are supposed to be checked by the security. That is, you have to put your bags into the X-ray machine as long as you’d like walk into the metro gate. It’s really annoying when I was from the airport on my way to the hotel with heavy luggage. Nevertheless, after a few days, I thought it’s a great policy not only because it can be safer but also because local people would not bring so much stuff when taking the metro. According to the history, Shanghai is an old city developed by several countries during the nineteenth and the early twentieth century. Hence, it’s probably you might think you’re in Europe when you walk through some streets, such as the Bund(外灘), the Changle Rd. (長樂路) and the Taikang Rd. (泰康路). But suddenly when you just turn another way, you might see a lot of Chinese old buildings or newly commercial buildings in a row. Tourists often enjoy this kind of diversity, including me. I really enjoy drinking a cup of coffee with such streets. I did a lot of work for planning the itinerary before arriving Shanghai. So I know some great cuisines and restaurants you MUST-EAT. Foods you MUST-EAT in Shanghai are usually dumplings, for example, dumplings with crispy skin (pan-fried bun), small dumplings in the steamed bamboo cases, and dumplings with soup only (灌湯包). Dumplings are all great and delicious, but the last one I mentioned above is really weird. In fact, I was exciting for eating the 灌湯包, so I was shocked when I finished the soup inside by straw. I found there’s nothing inside the dumpling but the soup. I felt sad about this one even though the soup was good. Lastly, I think the weirdest thing on shopping is that there’s so many APPLE stores here and many people inside. People in Shanghai must love iPhone very much. Or maybe they was just browsing inside the store.