A widely respected teacher and researcher in the cardiovascular field, Dr. Michael Simons serves as the Yale University School of Medicine’s R.W. Berliner Professor of Medicine and Cell Biology. He additionally serves as a reviewer or editor of more than two dozen peer-reviewed publications, and travels widely as a visiting lecturer. Dr. Michael Simons of Yale has visited China on multiple occasions, and is the recipient of that country’s Distinguished Foreign Expert Award.
The City of Shanghai is one of the largest in the world, and one of the most interesting. Shanghai’s Bund is of particular interest to visitors. The famous boulevard is rich in historic associations and offers a stunning backdrop of the Huangpu River along its 1.5-kilometer stretch, as well as many examples of fine architecture.
The Bund extends north to south from the Waibaidu Bridge to Jinling Road. The architecture in its vicinity is so varied and distinctive that it has earned the designation World Architectural Fair. Styles represented include Roman, gothic, and baroque. Other structures blend Western with Chinese motifs.
The Asia Building mixes baroque with modernist in an imposing multi-story façade. The East Wind Hotel, formerly a popular spot for British expatriates, offers a neo-classical design featuring an entryway staircase fashioned from white marble brought from Sicily.
Constructed toward the close of the 19th century, the China Merchants Bank is among the Bund’s oldest structures. The four-story building was created in gothic style with flower-latticed windows, and includes several small steeples on its upper floors.
