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			<h1><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Shanghai Pudong </font><font size="+1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">上海浦东<br>
				</font><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Bank of China <font size="+1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">中国银行</font><font size="+1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
				</font><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Bank of Communications </font><font size="+1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">交通银行</font></h1>
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			<td><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">On the left, the Oriental Pearl Television Tower 东方明珠塔, is actually in the distance. </font>
						<p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">In 1999, Bank of China <font size="+1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">中国银行</font><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> built a new tower for its Shanghai branch in the Pudong district. It is 258m and has 57 floors, 3 of which are below ground. It wa<img src="../images/pucoin2w.jpg" alt="Ancient Chinese Pu and Knife coins" height="150" width="99" align="right" border="0">s designed by Nikken Sekkei Ltd. The design, while ultra modern is, according the Bank of China, based on the shape of an ancient coin used in China called a spade or Pu used in the 4th century BC. To me it looks more like another form of money - the knife coin used from 400 BC to around the beginning of the Qin dynasty in 221 BC. It really depends upon which profile you use.</font></p>
						<p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">On the right, the headquarters of the China Bank of Communications </font><font size="+1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">交通银行</font><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> (BOCOM) had ABB Architekten design a two tower building connected by a 536.08 foot (163.4m) atrium. The taller tower is 52 floors and reaches 869 ft (265 m). The lower tower is 42 floors and slants up from 562.99 feet (171.6m) to 647.63 feet (197.4m).</font></p>
						<p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Founded in 1908, the Bank of Communications once had <a href="../images/Bund_Key_to_Buildings/Bund_Key.html">offices on the Bund</a>, but outgrew them.  In 1987, the bank was transformed into the first joint stock and commercial bank.   This was a major move in China's modernization.</font></p>
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