Shanghai They know they have problems here, and they are trying to get their arms wrapped around some of them. The Chinese envision Shanghai as the 21st Century New York and want to magnetize commerce here. The skyscrapers sprouting through the concrete and old town like weeds is part of that along with accommodating the surge …
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Christmas in Shanghai
Shanghai We had a magical day in Shanghai for Christmas. Delightfully, there is no real commercialism for Christmas here. One sees some Christmas trees in the lobby of hotels currying dollars from the tourists of course, but none of it has any meaning to the millions of Chinese in the city. It’s another Monday, just another …
Eating the Air
Shanghai Tokyo was a modern, industrialized city, and landing in Shanghai one immediately steps into the reality of what it means to become a modern, industrialized city. Shanghai soared past 20,000,000 people last year by official estimates as it continues to be a Mecca for jobseekers from around China. Of course that is nothing seemingly next …