The Borg have a favorite Chinese restaurant

Chmee · Post by **Chmee** » 2005-02-01 12:06am

... in Shanghai. This place was about 2 blocks from my hotel, it actually does have a Chinese restaurant specializing in hot pepper dishes .....

IRG CommandoJoe · Post by **IRG CommandoJoe** » 2005-02-01 12:55am

LOL! It's finally been proven that the Borg have an enemy that can assimilate them.

Chmee · Post by **Chmee** » 2005-02-01 01:08am

The new People's Museum of Technology & Science, Shanghai-Pudong ... I gotta say, the pure SCALE of the building and the surrounding pavilions is pretty impressive.

Chmee · Post by **Chmee** » 2005-02-01 01:43am

People's Security Bureau, Shanghai-Pudong

Imperial Overlord · Post by **Imperial Overlord** » 2005-02-01 01:56am

Nice pics.

Dead_Ghost · Post by **Dead_Ghost** » 2005-02-01 07:00am

Very cool buildings. Nice architecture.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2005-02-01 08:12am

I gotta find my photo of the "Hall of The War of Repelling American Aggression and Defending Korea."

Comosicus · Post by **Comosicus** » 2005-02-01 08:13am

"Welcome to our new drive-in restaurant, designed to accomodate even Borg cubes"

Marksist · Post by **Marksist** » 2005-02-01 08:57am

Yeah the "Borg" building is seriously cool looking.

Nieztchean Uber-Amoeba · Post by **Nieztchean Uber-Amoeba** » 2005-02-01 09:00am

So that's why they only come one at a time- it's not the tech, it's the food!

But that Security Bureau looks very cool.

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2005-02-01 09:03am

Say what you will about the PRC, but their buildings kick arse.

Especially the security bureau and the institute of science and technology. Nice sight.

Chmee · Post by **Chmee** » 2005-02-01 12:22pm

Night view from my hotel of what I called the 'Tron Buildings' ...

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2005-02-01 01:04pm

Bah, as shiny as these buildings are, they don't hold the majesty of the British Library, Natural History Museum or Vauxhall Cross.

Singular Quartet · Post by **Singular Quartet** » 2005-02-01 02:30pm

See, that's what we're missing out on. A government that wants their buildings to look really fucking cool.

Chmee · Post by **Chmee** » 2005-02-01 03:52pm

The 88-story Jin Mao Tower

Chmee · Post by **Chmee** » 2005-02-01 03:54pm

Starbucks: All your base belong to them .....

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2005-02-01 04:39pm

Don't be to impressed. Note that in the picture of the "Tron" buildings, every other structure has it's lights out. That skyline, shiny thoughn it may be, has nothing on even the most modest of American cities. A huge, exploitable workforce is no replacement for infrastructure and efficiency.

Chmee · Post by **Chmee** » 2005-02-01 10:47pm

Thirdfain wrote:Don't be to impressed. Note that in the picture of the "Tron" buildings, every other structure has it's lights out. That skyline, shiny thoughn it may be, has nothing on even the most modest of American cities. A huge, exploitable workforce is no replacement for infrastructure and efficiency.

Possibly ... although late on a Friday night, when that pic was taken, maybe they're just efficient enough to turn the lights out in the office buildings.

That is a very tiny piece of one of Shanghai's many 'skylines', and every damned pic I take downtown in Pushi includes construction cranes.

Here's Hua Hue Road, one of the two main downtown Pushi business/financial streets ... our office is the biggest building in the pic on the right ...

Here's the view from our office ... cranes, cranes, everywhere in the city cranes are throwing up new buildings, office & residential, tearing down old neighborhoods ...

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2005-02-02 10:30am

Wow very nice. Never realized China had such great architecture.