I was traveling to China for the first time and it was a challenge owing to the fact that neither my number, network, Whatsapp or Facebook would work in China. It is one of the most restricted countries in the world in terms of internet. But being technologically smarter and businessmen by nature - they have created a variety of their own social media platforms which are popular but work only in Chinese languages! The first place I saw was Shanghai - as the Maersk event was held here. The name Shanghai is derived from shàng/zan, "upon and hǎi/hae, "sea", together meaning "Upon the Sea". It is easily one of the largest port cities which is second largest in population. All around you'll see well made roads, lit up skylines, slick salesmen, amidst a muggy climates, dirty smelling water bodies, strange food smells and great infrastructure - it boasts of some of the tallest buildings in the world ... and then again more buildings, and ghost towns, the sheer number of people moving around can be overwhelming. In spite of trees and gardens one can see that urbanization has taken over most of the land here. According to me Shanghai did not look very different from any other metro in India. I was used to the crowds, the bargaining, figuring out the public transport and so on. The challenge was when things were written only in Chinese with no translation in English. And occasionally the food. Being a vegetarian is difficult while traveling in other parts of Asia but cosmopolitan places like Shanghai & Beijing are far more easier to travel in than other parts of China.