CHINA
“S
HANGHAI IS A VILLAGE,”
myguidesayswithacon-
spiratorial laugh.This is
not the first time I hear
this inNanjing. Nanjingers (Nanjingites?
Nanjingians?) seem to revel in thisdescrip-
tion of the younger city some 200miles
downtheYangtzeRiver inChina.
It is, of course, a joke. Shanghai has 23
million inhabitants. It’sa jumbleof cranes
andskyscrapersofsuchdizzyingurbanism
that I, flying in fromManhattan, feel as if
I just hoppedoff ahayride onto the set of
BladeRunner
.Nanjing, in contrast, is cozy
byChinese-citystandards:Amere8million
people livethere.
But it’s clearwhatmyguide, anearnest
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