Fairmont Peace Hotel
Shanghai, China
Shanghai, China. Located in Lujiazui, Pudong, facing the Bund across the Huangpu River.

6 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.
The Jin Mao Tower, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill around the number eight, is officially dedicated.
The tower becomes fully operational; the Grand Hyatt, starting on the 53rd floor, is then the highest hotel in the world.
A shoe salesman, Han Qizhi, climbs the tower barehanded and is arrested.
BASE jumpers leap from the top for National Day; the Australian Roland Simpson is fatally injured.
French climber Alain Robert scales the tower in a Spider-Man costume and is expelled from China.
Three foreigners climb to the top of the tower and are detained by police.
Sources: Wikipedia (EN), “Jin Mao Tower” (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Official website · Pudong government – Jinmao Grand Hyatt Shanghai. Text rewritten and translated by Grand Hotels of the World.
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