Shanghai’s 101-storey, 492 meter tall World Financial Center will open to the public on Saturday, Aug. 30th.
492 meters – it would take Michael Phelps about 3 minutes 52 secs to swim to the top. Faster going back down.
The thing is huge and all part of China’s drive to be the biggest, best, oldest, richest, tallest….
No doubt, the building will be a tourist attraction.
“Where’d you go on vacation, Wang?”
“I went to the Cube, the Bird’s nest and to the top of the world as China knows...
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