[datura]

I will be quite happy to let you know what I see. I’ve been going to China on occasion since 2009, so I saw the growth years - the huge construction boom.

This will be my first visit to Shanghai, and my in laws are not Party members- so I’ll be seeing daily life there. (But staying in a very nice hotel - this is my one vacation for the year.)

Thank you for your interest.

[Mr. Jeeves]

The Pudong area of Shanghai is stupefying - it would easily be the world’s #1 city under a different central government. As an American when you come back and look at Los Angeles you just want to cry.

I haven’t been back to Shanghai in a while. Used to go to Guangzhou every year, but that ended with COVID.