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Shanghai makeover

With the doors to global economy reopened, Shanghai is the obvious choice to lead the way with its powerful industrial base and long history of trade. The city soars to great heights with the latest construction project – the World Financial Centre. The building’s most remarkable feature is a giant hole at the top that allows typhoon winds to pass through.

Watch how the engineers face typhoons, threat of earthquakes and the challenge of constructing China’s tallest building in the soft and wet soil on Discovery Channel’s ‘Man Made Marvels’ on June 2 at 8 p.m.

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