Shanghai is a fantastically vibrant city.  This comes as no surprise as it’s the world’s largest city.  When it comes to sightseeing, Shanghai has a good mix of old and new, but tilting very much towards the new.  This also comes as not much of a surprise.  Shanghai didn’t start to become a major city until the Western powers moved in and took charge after the First Opium War.  That was just about 170 years ago.  Compare that with Beijing, which has been a [Read more…]