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2:34
Neil Macdonald -  Welcome to the blog - Mark will be tweeting from Shaghai as he is able.
2:42
Neil Macdonald -  Some tweets from Mark so far
2:42
Mark Thomas -  We have arrived at Pudong airport. very stringent anti swine flu measures. Temperature checks for every passenger, staff all masked
2:42
Mark Thomas -  We are 7 hours ahead of UK time. Hotel bus taking us into Shanghai, where we will hit afternoon rush hour
2:43
Mark Thomas -  Now in downtown Shanghai. Mad traffic, huge tower blocks everywhere, some beautiful, some hideous. Futuristic and strange
2:43
Mark Thomas -  Saw Expo 2010 site from bridge over river. Awesome scale.
2:50
TwitterMark_Thomas -  Getting ready to go on tour of Shanghai. Later we meet Mr Luo Heqing, Shanghai Director of Inward Investment Promotion #Shanghai
2:58
Twitterbestym -  In Shanghai this week on Expo 2010 research mission. What an amazing city. A wonderful mixture of tradition and contemporary.
3:06
TwitterMark_Thomas -  The symbol of Expo 2010 is a smiling character called Hai Bao, which means Treasure of the Sea. He's everywhere here! #Shanghai
4:41
TwitterMark_Thomas -  Just scaled 360 steps to top of massive Lupu bridge, with view over expo site. Scale is breathtaking. #Shanghai
4:47
TwitterMark_Thomas -  Liverpool's location is in same hall as Hangzhou and Suzhou, major cities near Shanghai. Will mean big Chinese audience #Shanghai
6:35
TwitterMark_Thomas -  Viewing a scale model of Shanghai, covering 160 square yards. Astonishing to realize how much was built in last 20 years #Shanghai
7:16
TwitterMark_Thomas -  You get to see whole city in 3 minutes. The same technique for Liverpool and north west would look sensational #Shanghai
8:04
TwitterMark_Thomas -  Now at Shanghai Foreign Investment Development Board waiting to meet Mr Luo #Shanghai
9:12
TwitterMark_Thomas -  Mr Luo: "We visited Liverpool in 2007. In future we will organise many local enterprises to visit Liverpool" #Shanghai
9:16
TwitterMark_Thomas -  Mr Luo: "Liverpool is the sister city of Shanghai so we have a very strong basis for further economic and commercial cooperation" #Shanghai
9:30
Twitterbestym -  A really strong connection between Shanghai and Liverpool confirmed by Mr Luo of Foreign Investment Board
9:31
Twitterbestym -  Mark Thomas and I aided multi-cultural understanding in explaining that there are TWO football clubs in Liverpool
10:57
TwitterMark_Thomas -  Back at hotel. Just time to freshen up and transcribe notes from today. Then out for evening. First stop...Abbey Road Bar! #Shanghai
11:04
TwitterMark_Thomas -  Tonight we will be joined by Tony Murray and Daniel Miao from national paper China Daily and Larson O'Brien, MD of an ad agency. #Shanghai
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