Standing on the top floor of Shanghai's Peace Hotel, an art deco palace once known as the Cathay Hotel, you can look out over the turrets and spires of the elegant Bund promenade and dream of a China long gone.
Read MoreShanghai Risen, Shanghai Falling Down
The Shanghaiese, whether rich or poor, have always believed themselves to be more rational and efficient than people from the rest of China. They’ve always reproached the Beijingnese for wasting time talking about politics, while they themselves get things done. They are especially proud of their trademark way of doing things the grand haipai style.
Read MoreResurgence And Spread Of Syphilis In China Is A Rapidly Increasing Epidemic
Here's a wakeup call to anybody sexually active in China today
Read MoreBeijing’s Olympic-sized traffic problem
Beijing is investing in public transportation before the Games, but experts are more worried about the transit crisis they will face after the Olympic torch has left town. Alex Pasternack asks how China’s capital can beat the sprawl.
Read MoreShanghai to have 400 km urban rail lines in 2010
SHANGHAI, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Shanghai, China's financial and business center, will have more than 400 km of light rail lines capable of carrying six million commuters a day by 2010, as the city tries to tackle its traffic congestion woes.
Read MoreGlobal warming likely to wreck havoc in China
Here's another dire prediction for China's future. In my discussion page I welcome readers to contribute their own informed opinions about what will happen in China over the next two decades.
Read MoreBeijing vs. Shanghai
A question that people often ask me is: which is the better city, Beijing or Shanghai? This is such a loaded question I don't know where to begin. Of course, the answer depends on one's perspective, background, and interests. I always reply with the hazy but useful phrase 各有千秋 (ge you qian qiu) which literally means "each has a thousand autumns" but translates more accurately as "each has its advantages..."
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