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With the Olympics sprinting towards us, we've sent Hugh off to China to see what else is going on. We broadcast his first report on PM last night - and these are some photographs to illustrate it. He's on his way to the far west, to the Uighur town Kashgar near the Pakistan and Afghan borders. He began his journey in the far east of the country - on the coast east, in Shanghai. These are Hugh's words and pictures:

"The Huangpu river at dawn.

Shanghai's stunning Pudong international airport, capacity 20 million passengers a year.

Maglev, the magnetic levitation train that covers the 30 km (19 mile) journey from the airport to Shanghai in 8 minutes - reaching a maximum speed of 431 kilometres an hour (270 mph).

Mah Jong.

Street restaurant in an old Shanghai neigbourhood.

Mobile shopkeeper.

Penny Wan and Jeffrey Zhang watching Thierry Henri shaving, on their HD home cinema.

Penny and Jeffry.

Mr. Liu and Mrs. Zhang, and her 10-month-old son Zhang Hui Mei. They live in rented rooms in a rotting building with a leaking roof. "If the rain comes in," said Mrs. Zhang, "we just put a bucket down to catch it".

The building has no mains water supply, apart from the outside tap.

And finally, for pet lovers everywhere":

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