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Shanghai forty years ago

  • 02 Apr 2012 02:08
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    Big Chinese cities are still relatively quiet. There are many cars, and they do like to use their horns (even though it is illegal)!!! But no sirens, no big motorbikes, and no big lorries.  Also the newer cities have their airports 'out of town' so no aircraft noise.  All in all a very pleasant environment. I recently went to Hong Kong where things are more western, the difference was incredible and the noise was really quiet deafening.

    Peter
  • 01 Apr 2012 08:44
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    I visited Shanghai in '85 and it was just like that in the clip (the big changes came later).
    The background noise they inserted in clip, beeping car horns, isn't accurate. Big chinese cities were almost silent, except for the noise of clicking bicycle hubs. So pleasant. Makes you realise how loud and invasive motor vehicles are.
  • 01 Apr 2012 07:24
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    It's been brought to my attention that there's some interesting junk footage in this YouTube clip
       " ...there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in junk-rigged boats" 
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