Marilyn from National Geographic sez, “I think you’ll love these Shanghai photos by Fritz Hoffmann in March National Geo.
It’s hard to believe such a superfuturistic megacity also looks like a village from 100 years ago.”
What she said. There are lots of places in the world where seamless high-tech and ancient cobblestones exist side by side, but I’ve never been anywhere in which you can go from one to the other so quickly as Shanghai. One moment you’re on the set of Blade Runner, then you turn a corner and you’re in a historical drama, with no sign of glass-and-steel in sight.
(Thanks, Marilyn!)
Previously:
- Shanghai's Crackdown on… Pajamas Boing Boing
- 1980s "China retro" shop opens in Shanghai Boing Boing
- Love-hymn for hardware-hacker-heaven in Shanghai – Boing Boing
- Shanghai Ning, crosscultural Asian/American hip-hop – Boing Boing
- Lou Jing, half black Chinese girl, sparks race debate in China …
- Interior pix of 500 Shanghai homes, with commentary – Boing Boing
- Photos: Shanghai "Adult Toys and Reproductive Health" Expo …