Views of Shanghai from up high

Views of Shanghai from the top of my hotel show how the city is evolving.

As tall skyscrapers rise up, squat one- and two-story houses come down. These old buildings house the old Shanghainese—old in the sense that they live in a traditional fashion even as modernity knocks on the door. By Western-standards, they appear to crowd together in filthy, red-roofed structures, which can sprawl across entire city blocks. Seeing the contrasts of tall and short and modern and old, I wonder how easily and comfortably longtime residents coincide with hotel guests and with occupants of commercial offices.

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• Shanghai
• modernity
• skycrapers
• China
• economic development

[djmz1969]

Wauw! I'm American and love my country, but when they say China will take over as the biggest economy in the world, I believe it!!!!