The Globalist

The people of Hong Kong are fighting a very courageous battle against very long odds. Meanwhile, people in Shanghai live well under a Faustian bargain with the CCP.

While much of China remains poor, some cities are now on par with EU levels.

Scott Tong’s quest to find a place that may no longer even exist: The ancestral Tong family village–Fu Ma Ying.

Shanzhai: The disruptive potential of innovation from below.

The dynamism of China’s economy owes much to small-scale entrepreneurship.

Informal markets are telltale symbols of the modernity brewing in Shanghai.

An English village knock-off serves the ritual of the modern Chinese wedding.

Shanghai envisions itself as the world’s next great cultural hub, a key site of China’s “soft power.”

The Potemkin Village that is Shanghai reflects China’s love of show.

Shanghai longs for a future that envelops the past.