lol oops, that was just me using an online pinyin converter since I don't have an input method installed on my laptop... I must be REALLY rusty, since I didn't notice. XD
Oh man, the smog in Shanghais is terrible. A lot of days I couldn't tell whether it was sunny or cloudy because of all the haze. Beijing was much worse, though. Sichuan is one of the places I want to go when I return, since my trip there got cut super short. I also want to visit Xi'an, and I need to go back to Taishan, since I didn't quite make it to the top last time! Other than that, I'm thinking maybe Yunnan and/or Hong Kong, and I might revisit Putuoshan or Jiuhuashan, which were my favorite places during my last trip.
It does sound like a lot of fun! I'm super jealous of your trip to the Panda Research Base. Did you get to hold a panda? And hooooly crap, I definitely got the worst food poisoning of my life while in China, but every day for three weeks would probably break me. Glad to hear you're feeling better, and I guess it's good you at least got to enjoy the food on the way down...?