Techno master

摘要

Forget what you previously imagined about China. Shanghai could not be further from the old western perception of takeaways, cheap goods and people in Mao jackets riding on bicycles. After landing at the stylish new Pudong Airport, you are whisked away in a Maglev train (268mph max operating speed) that makes Britain's fastest train, Eurostar e320 (186mph), look distinctly sluggish. Then from the magnificent colonial-style buildings of the Bund, many of them designed by British architects in the 1930s, you can gaze across the Huangpu river at the astonishing skyline of the Pudong district, with its pulsating, animated LED facades, the symbol of the new China. Think that the Shard (302m) is tall? Forget it. At 629m, the Gensler-designed Shanghai Tower is over twice the height. Overall, Shanghai is a lot faster, larger and more technologically advanced than many in the west could ever imagine.