Shanghai's Jazz Age Returns To The Peace Hotel

"Step out of your taxi on east nanjingroad, just before it meets the bund. you glance across the river at the bright lights ofpudong's skyscrapers and the futuristic pearl tower, blinking pinkagainst the dark sky, and gather your coat about you as the coolevening air swirls around your legs. you turn back and step throughthe oak and glass revolving doors of thepeace hotel, and back in time some eighty years. it's shanghai,1933. look up at the golden glass art deco atrium as you walktowards the orchid..."