Taipei 101 is 508 metres tall and was finished in 2003, although Chinese developers have said Shanghai's World Financial Centre will be taller when completed in 2007.

台北101大厦高508米，2003年正式落成，中国的房地产开发商表示上海2007年即将建成的世界金融中心将比台北101大厦更高。

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So, in place of its previous ambition to promote Taipei as an Asian financial centre, the bank is trying to turn back the clock.

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