The best view is still the Bund. At blue hour the sky and the glass trade colour. Inside, the observation levels of Shanghai Tower turn the city into a circuit board. The maglev to the airport is another parable of speed: the city decided that arrival should also be technology.
By day Lujiazui is finance; by night it is sightseeing. They share the same lifts. Walk the river east into quieter stretches and watch the sea of lamps thin out.
Shanghai's contemporary is not only Pudong. Put soup dumplings, a lane and this glass in the same itinerary, or the city stays a postcard.
