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Article: Cities united in dreams of greatness; twin cities The miles vanish when a great conversationalist speaks of his love for Liverpool's twin city of Shanghai. LIVERPOOL AND CHINA SPECIAL REPORT.(Features)
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- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- June 7, 2008
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Byline: David Charters reports
TO THE discerning observer, a hint of the leprechaun glows in the blue-eyed smile of the man carrying a beaker of unmilked coffee to a table in the glass-roofed cafe, where he is going to shrink the world by the flow of his words.
There, perched on a chromium chair, clasping his hands, he starts talking about Shanghai until the 5,700-miles between us vanish and the great city appears as clear as an optician's eye-glass.
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