Shanghai'd

Perhaps the only benefit of Shanghai's abysmal air quality is that the persistent haze affords the photographer some beautiful pollution-induced sunsets such as this one. This is the view of downtown Pudong from my 25th floor apartment. As the hackneyed story goes, 15 years ago none of these skyscrapers were there. It was all farm land. At the far left, you can see the currently under construction Shanghai World Finance tower, which recently surpassed the Jin Mao tower (appropriately in its shadow) to claim "tallest building in mainland China" bragging rights. In the center is the Shanghai landmark Oriental Pearl tower. I think the best thing I can say about it is that it looks best silhouetted like this.


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