Space-Age Shanghai ; the Gateway to New China Dazzles with Light and and All Things Fake and Changes so Fast That Even the Guidebooks Can't Keep Up
Evening Standard - London › October 19, 2005
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AN AIRFIELD of 1950s rockets pose as skyscrapers shooting towards the heavens among a blast of red, green and flashing neon. Shanghai dazzles and frightens in its immensity. There is no pause for reflection. Every building is torn down within years of being erected, only to be rebuilt 40 storeys higher.
The pavements heave, carrying a tide of people to work, to shop and to bars and restaurants that will knock your wok off. It has become the most fashionable city in the East and gone from Chairman Mao suits to Versace in 10 years.See the full content of this document
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Space-Age Shanghai ; the Gateway to New China Dazzles with Light and and All Things Fake and Changes so Fast That Even the Guidebooks Can't Keep Up
The Pudong area, in the east of the city, across the river Bund, is where you'll find the real Shang-high life.
Here - and along the Bund - is where you'll find the cutting edge of Shanghai's constant transformation - even the guidebooks can't keep up with the pace of change. To sur...See the full content of this document
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