How Fast Shanghai Develops

If you live in Shanghai you have to accept one thing—developing. Most people know that when you diet; you maybe can’t find any difference during the time, but sometimes your friend who haven’t seem you for a long time will say: Oh amazing, how much weight you have loosen in this two month. You can’t see any differences because you have been getting used to it, and also it only changes a little bit. However, live in Shanghai you will see Shanghai is changing everyday. I am not telling a joke, but you may can’t find your house if you leave Shanghai for one year.

Here I am going to show you some pictures to prove what I told you.

This is the same angle of the same place; however, the up picture was taken 30 years ago. The second picture was taken in 2009. When you see this you have to say that China develops so fast that you can’t even imaging. And you have to go and see the real Shanghai by your own eye. There was nothing in the other side of the river 30 years ago. Nowadays, it has China’s tallest building there. And also that is the biggest Chinese economic centre. From the picture you can see the tree landmarks of Shanghai: the Oriental Pear Tower, Jinmao Tower, and the World Financial Centre. They represent the different developing time slop of Shanghai. In 1994, we built the Oriental Pear TV Tower to tell the world we are starting recovering. China will wake up shortly to stand on the top of the world. In 1998, Jinmao tower appeared to our eye. It has 88 floors. Ten years later, the World Financial Centre comes to our life, which was built with 101 floors high. Pudong, many people say that is a place changed mostly in Shanghai. That is true. Therefore, let’s see how much in old urban centre changed in these 15 years. Here is the Nanjing Road when I was young. It was around 1994.

And this is in the beginning of 2008.  Same place different time. You will see a totally different Shanghai.

I had some other pictures of old Shanghai and new Shanghai. They might not in the same angle but I still want to show you how much it changed in this 20 years.

Remember, this place named Shanghai. this is not in New York City, or Chicago. This city has more than 3000 skyscrapers. This number is doubled the number of New York City.

This is a city that you have too visit in your life.