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Shanghai's Forgotten Metropolitan Plan
Shanghai has seen its fair share of ambitious urban planning proposals. In the 1990s, the establishment of Pudong New Area transformed...

Michael Gan
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Reimagining the Urban Hinterland: Fuzhou's Fudao
I spent my Chinese New Year visiting my grandmother in Fuzhou. Fuzhou is often described as "city within mountains, mountains within...

Michael Gan
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Beneath the Plane Trees: Laszlo Hudec and Music in the Former French Concession
Walking tour through Shanghai's Former French Concession — for architecture and music lovers

Michael Gan
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