I first came across the following image at weninchina.com. The difference in 20 years is indeed amazing. Pudong in 1990 vs 2010. As a point of reference, the two large arrows point to the same building. China now needs to work hard to make those white clouds come back more frequently.
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Mister Unknown says
I came across the same photo in Facebook; what I find most entertaining was the slew of comments about how the “old Shanghai” was much better, how development & skyscrapers ruined everything. You’ll find no shortage of people (especially in the west) who wants other societies to remain primitive just because they think it’s unique & quaint.
JJ says
@Mister Unknown
Yup. It’s a type of post-colonialism that makes some (many?) Westerners–and even Westernized Asians–uncomfortable.