The Bund in Shanghai

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The Bund, the Heart of Many Sea Stories in the 1930's

Shanghai just completed its hosting of the World 2010 Expo. With this well attended event, over 70 million visitors, and a post-win euphoria in place, we thought we'd head towards that direction and have a peek. So, with a 3 day holiday, off we went with one primary objective: to revisit "The Bund", the heart of so many great sea stories from the 1930's and the memory of a fairly shameful colonial past .

We had some smaller goals too. One of these is to get a feeling directly of the confidence, energy and assertiveness of average Chinese folks including the masses of farmers that came in government supported tours to see this amazing city.

Looks like we're not the only ones with strong interest in The Bund. This latest announcement comes from Indigo Hotel. Following the example of traders in the past, it is building its flagship property in Asia Pacific right at The Bund, beside the Fairmont's Peace Hotel. For those who enjoy the luxury of a well designed hotel, Indigo is there to serve you.

Shanghai as China's Gateway to Modernity

The Bund Was the Start

This book details Shanghai's becoming as China's gateway to modernity starting its beginning from the International settlemen in The Bund, first of the British and later on the others such as the French and the Americans. The author believes that this experience brought Shainghai to its role as China's gateway now towards modernity.

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This book is written by a scholar who knows China very well and this is the only book in English that describes this interesting Shanghai past and its impact on China's progress and development.

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The Bund: The Former Shanghai International Settlement

Won as a Concession in the Opium War

The Bund, from the Hindi word for a band meaning a levee, is indeed a crescent or band of European buildings hugging the Huang Pu, centred on the former Shanghai International Settlement. Originally just a British affair when it opened in 1843, won as a concession in the Opium Wars after 1842, the French and the Americans soon sniffed a profit and followed closely with their settlements, carved to the north and south of the British. Other powers leapt in too, like sharks on a crippled whale, helping to bury China in opium but also making Shanghai a very popular trading port by the second half of the 18th century and a financial hub for East Asia.

In spite of this strong foreign settlement, Shanghai always remained nominally in the hands of the Chinese unlike Hong Kong and Weiheiwei which were sovereign British territories until its return to China.

The Bund at Night

Full of People

At night, the Bund is full of couples taking pictures, some in their wedding attire. It is quite a spectacle as people storll through what one was a port and run down storage of all kinds and ilk.

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The Renovation of The Bund in Shanghai

A Celebration of the Past

As for the Bund, the renovations to this relic of the era of Conrad and Kipling and the great Tai Pans of the 19th century has turned what must have been a scungy nightmare of a waterfront into a celebration of a past. That history might embarrass a few now, but at the time, Shanghai was the talk of the world up through the 1930's as the international standard in sin, sex, drugs and gang warfare.

The new waterfront was reopened in March 2010 and it is a triumph of how a city can reach not only out to its history, but rediscover a waterfront that was virtually lost for any useful purpose and somewhat of a sewer by any standard.

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The Heritage Buildings in The Bund in Shanghai

Banks and Trading Houses

From this history, the Bund in Shanghai has a wealth of western architecture heritage buildings that once housed banks and trading houses from the United Kingdom, France, the United States, Italy, Russia, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Japan. There was the Shanghai Club, a newspaper and the Masonic Lodge and the usual Pony Club to keep the Sahibs busy.

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The Bund in Transition

Shrugged off the horrors of its past

With the Japanese invasion in the late 1930s, and then the victory of the Communists over the nationalist Government in 1949, the Bund was cleared of its colonial figures and the hotels, financial and trading houses which dotted the Huangpu River were converted into other uses or just left to rot. It was also cleared of elements like the Green Gang that had given it the reputation as one of the world's most evil cities dominated by drugs, crime and gang rule.

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The Bund, A Place to Be

Stunning Promenade

With the opening of the People's Republic of China to the world (thank you Mr. Nixon) the Bund was gradually returned to house financial institutions, hotels, high end trading houses and centers of trade. A revitalization program started with a stunning promenade designed by Architect Snoeren.

In the immediate past, ramping up to Expo, a major reconfiguration of the traffic flow and the addition of marginal lawns carefully maintained everyday, made the Bund a place to be. In fact, when you walk through the promenade at night, you will find wedding photo-ops all over the place, bus tours from the boonies and thousands of the happiest people I've seen in a long time.

Shanghai's Bund and Beyond

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Shanghai's Bund and Beyond: British Banks, Banknote Issuance, and Monetary Policy in China, 1842-1937 (Yale Series in Economic and Financial History)

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The HuangPu River Cruise

The Evening Cruise

With a spanking new ferry and tourist boat terminal, the Huang Pu now has more tourist boats than the Zambezi has hippos, and at night, the tourist cruisers outdo each other in a massive light display that establishes whole new definitions of tacky! The mix of colours makes an Indian bazaar look solemn and just when you think it can't fall further, sparklers and flashes and racing twinky lights give a new, more extreme standard for Las Vegas. When 4 or 5 of these monsters get nose to tail, it's best not to have had dinner! It was a spectacle enjoyed by us from our hotel window with a soothing glass of wine.

The Bund River Cruise at Night

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Stunning Architecture Across the River

Imperial cuisine

What a contrast with the beautifully lighted heritage buildings in the Bund and the soaring and often stunning architecture across the river. There was nowhere to hide on those evenings other than the depths of a magnificent restaurant having a taste of the Imperial cuisine cooked and then served to a standard that would make Michelin blanche! Once in a while, one has to leave one's comfort and sample the delights of royalty and hide from those wretched boats.

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An eclipse is seen in at the Bund along the Huangpu River in Shanghai
An eclipse is seen in at the Bund along the Huangpu River in Shanghai May 21, 2012. The sun and moon aligned over the earth in a rare astronomical event - an annular eclipse that dimmed the skies over parts of Asia and North America, which briefly ...
'Ring of Fire' Solar Eclipse Dazzles Spectators Around the Earth
An eclipse is seen at the Bund along the Huangpu River in Shanghai May 21, 2012. People watch as an eclipse reaches annularity as the moon passes before the sun on May 20, 2012 in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. An annular solar eclipse appears ...
Bund Shanghai
Bund Shanghai offers soup dumplings and other specialties from one of China's largest cities in San Francisco's Chinatown. Owner Edward Shen, who immigrated to the US from Shanghai in 1989 to become a lawyer, says he opened the eatery in 2009 partly ...
Bund Origin area remake hits mark
"The renovation work moved slowly and carefully to strike a balance between the protection of the historical buildings and the modern development," said Zhou Haiying, chairman of the Shanghai Bund Investment (Group) Co Ltd, the government-backed ...

The Bund in Shanghai

Welcome Back

Welcome back, the Bund. Your dubious history has been somewhat scrubbed but if you squint carefully, you might just see a gang of thieves "shanghai-ing" a collapsed sailor or a great winged four master slipping into a wharf with the smell of the sea and tar and dappled cargoes. It is a fabulous center piece to what once again is among the world's great cities, Shanghai.

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An eclipse is seen in at the Bund along the Huangpu River in Shanghai
An eclipse is seen in at the Bund along the Huangpu River in Shanghai May 21, 2012. The sun and moon aligned over the earth in a rare astronomical event - an annular eclipse that dimmed the skies over parts of Asia and North America, which briefly ...
'Ring of Fire' Solar Eclipse Dazzles Spectators Around the Earth
An eclipse is seen at the Bund along the Huangpu River in Shanghai May 21, 2012. People watch as an eclipse reaches annularity as the moon passes before the sun on May 20, 2012 in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. An annular solar eclipse appears ...
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Bund Shanghai offers soup dumplings and other specialties from one of China's largest cities in San Francisco's Chinatown. Owner Edward Shen, who immigrated to the US from Shanghai in 1989 to become a lawyer, says he opened the eatery in 2009 partly ...
Bund Origin area remake hits mark
"The renovation work moved slowly and carefully to strike a balance between the protection of the historical buildings and the modern development," said Zhou Haiying, chairman of the Shanghai Bund Investment (Group) Co Ltd, the government-backed ...

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  • TheLifestyleChanger Feb 11, 2012 @ 5:58 am | delete
    One of the most spectacular views in Asia!
  • Ladymermaid Dec 16, 2011 @ 7:11 pm | delete
    It seems that my travels are done largely through the Squidoo articles which I visit. Shanghai looks absolutely beautiful. Seasons blessings to you.
  • Susan_Moss_Art Mar 4, 2011 @ 12:00 am | delete
    Great lens on Shanghai, I have been there many times. Last time in October 2010, but my first time was over 30 years ago. Soon I will be doing a comparison lens using some of my old photos.
  • wilhb81 Dec 2, 2010 @ 9:43 pm | delete
    I've been to Shanghai for the visiting the Expo 2010 three months ago... I must say that the life rating in Shanghai is skyrocketing, especially in the past few years. However, I can't deny that Shanghai is one of the cities in Asia that has the most beautiful night view :)
  • nort43 Nov 14, 2010 @ 11:55 pm | delete
    The pedestrian Mall...at least 2 kilometers of old and new stores, has everything...especially a mass of people that laugh and smile and make westerners a little less aprehensive about China. If the "revendge of the tid-bits" gets to you....you can even find a Pizza Hut!
  • Hairdresser007 Nov 13, 2010 @ 6:37 pm | delete
    I stayed at the Peace Hotel with my sister a few years back. We went to M on the Bund and went to some noodle place too. It was such a great trip!
  • TeamSTM Nov 12, 2010 @ 6:51 am | delete
    I knew this was a Beautiful City, it looks like the Night life is very unique! I might just have to plan a trip there very soon, thanks for sharing this!!
  • jptanabe Nov 12, 2010 @ 6:44 am | delete
    Great lens with great photos of Shanghai! Wonderful that this area got cleaned up and looks so beautiful now. Wish I could visit!

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