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Harbin city, in the far North East of China, is a bitterly cold place in winter with temperatures often blow -24°C. Where better to hold the worlds largest Snow and Ice Festival. Every year during winter, several area of parkland around the city of Harbin and transformed in to massive cities of ice. The carved ice is filled with lights causing the place to come alive at night. A must see event for the winter traveller.

The new district of Pudong in Shanghai, is a spectacular place to walk around in the evening. I like to wander down to the park on the shore line of the Huangpu River. With the skyscrapers and towers of Pudong behind you, you can look out across the river to the old part of Shanghai, known as the Bund. At night, the lighting on the buildings is spectacular.

This is one of two of my photographs that was selected by a hotel chain to be used in the Shanghai Expo. I took the shot during my April 2007 visit to Shanghai. The view is from the first (lower) ball of the Oriental Pearl tower in Pudong district.  This area has be developed heavily over the last 20 years so that it has become one of the richest areas of China. At night, the quantity of neon lights is quite impressive, if just a little gaudy.