Posted AT 4:40 PM EDT on 22/10/04
Shanghai surprise
Shanghai's motto these days is "Why not?" Why not go out to eat at 3 a.m. every night? Why not publish a novel in text-message chapters sent to cellphones? Why not have a maid, or spend a month's salary on a pair of shoes? Why not put up signs everywhere that say, Building the splendour of the metropolis?
And why not silhouette buildings in neon? Even 40-storey skyscrapers get the treatment, and sometimes the colour changes, pink to purple to green.
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