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Oriental Pearl Tower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (373 words) |
 | The Oriental Pearl Tower (东方明珠塔, pinyin: Dōngfāng Míngzhūtǎ) is a TV tower in Shanghai, China. |
 | The Oriental Pearl Tower is located at the tip of Lujiazui in the Pudong district, by the side of Huangpu River, opposite The Bund of Shanghai. |
 | At 468 m (1,535 feet) high, it is the tallest tower in Asia, and the third tallest tower in the world. |
| Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Shanghai, Regent Tour China (198 words) |
 | Anyone arriving in Shanghai at night from the airport for the first time is immediately taken with the Oriental Pearl TV Tower as it monopolizes an already amazing emerging skyline. |
 | The tower is referred to by the Chinese as "two dragons playing with a pearl". |
 | At the base of the tower is Pudong Park which was designed as a contrast to the massive commercial development of the Special Economic Zone of Pudong. |