China and the U.S. have agreed to double the number of commercial air flights between the two countries.

To be honest, I never new they were restricted. I've been to Shanghai twice (and blogged from there both times)and all of the flights and customs were a breeze.

My next trip will either be to Beijing or Vietnam (I've already been to Bangkok, Hong Kong and Phuket.)

Asia, particularly Shanghai, is awesome. I'd go back in a heartbeat. Luxury hotel rooms are much cheaper than in the U.S. and Europe, the hotels provide extras, like sending a driver and a translator to pick you up at the airport in a Mercedes, and they arrange travel guides and similar transportation to take you to all the sights you'd like to visit. Again, for far less than you'd pay here.

I think Shanghai is one of the most technologically advanced cities in the world. They build things now they know they won't use for ten years in the future. The art museum, the Bund, and the side trips are time very well spent.

I hope with the greater availability of flights, more people will take the trip.