This video captures the very first moments stepping into Shanghai and confronting its overwhelming modernity. The skyline, speed, and energy immediately redefine expectations of urban China. Viewers ...

Modern China scoffs at irony. A few hours ago, I stood at the address 76 Xingye Road, in front of the Shanghai building where the First Congress of the Chinese Communist Party met in July 1920. To my ...

A photo posted by Weibo user Tangweiliangwilliam showing Shanghai Tower (right), Shanghai World Financial Center (left) and Jinmao Tower (center) in Pudong district, Shanghai was jokingly described by ...

Shanghai is one of the world's most vertical cities, a metropolis where 50-story buildings are routine. At night, the cityscape is so cinematic, it has been featured in both James Bond and Mission ...

When it comes to skylines, Shanghai knows how to impress. From the Oriental Pearl Tower, which looks like a spaceship with its massive domes, to the Shanghai Tower, rising over 2,000 feet above ...

Back in 1990—top—Shanghai looked like a lovely green city. Only twenty years later—bottom—you can film the second part of Blade Runner in it. Shanghai has always been an important place. Located on ...

Shanghai's glittering skyline has for many become a symbol of China's modernization and its economic dynamism. But now, as the city's property market slides downward, some believe it's exposing ...

"My skyline's better than yours," they seem collectively to be asserting in a sort of face-off against Shanghai's Puxi district across the river. For the time being, Puxi remains the heart of the ...