Shanghai guide

There is a corner of Shanghai where grey brick Shikumen walls meet glass shopfronts. Where an alley that once led to a family kitchen now leads to an Italian restaurant. Where the past was not torn down. It was redesigned. Xintiandi is not the oldest part of Shanghai. It is not the quietest or the cheapest. But no other neighborhood tells the story of the city‘s transformation quite like this...

There is a moment, just after you land at Pudong International Airport, when Shanghai first reveals itself to you. The city hums with an energy that is impossible to describe until you have felt it yourself. The lights, the sounds, the endless stream of scooters and taxis and people — all of it moving at a rhythm that somehow feels both frantic and gentle at the same time. If you are reading this,...