Jin Mao Building (on the left) & Shanghai World Financial Center Image: Maria Freeman

A Fusion of Two Very Different Worlds

Lying at the mouth of the Yangtze river in China is one of the largest cities in the world, Shanghai – population 20 million, where the old world has blended well with the new, and briefcase toting businessmen share the road equally with vegetable baskets carried by old ladies.  This is the Middle Kingdom, today a conglomeration of American commerce, European vogue and Chinese traditional cultures.