A tour through the world’s boomtown; a futuristic metropolis where skyscrapers grow faster than the trees.
In the Chinese coastal city of Shanghai, Neri and Hu Design is putting a radical spin on the “Made in China” label.
According to a recent survey, London tops the list as the city where executives spend the most time, followed by Shanghai, Singapore, Beijing and Toronto.
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Smoky jazz clubs, underground gay bars and family-run food stands transport visitors back to the city’s first golden era.
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The city’s famous waterfront, which housed powerful banks and luxury hotels before the 1949 Communist Revolution, is seeing a second life thanks to the 2010 World Expo.
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Unique shopping and nightlife in the hutongs
Six sites help you find deals and avoid queues
Fiona, known as Sayuki, takes on a new venture
Italy’s stolen treasures come home
Rome
Forms of ID: Geraldine DeRuiter
My city: Mumbai
Mumbai
Living in... cities of the future
South Korea
The Spanish ritual of baby jumping
Spain
Beijing’s labyrinth of history
Beijing
America’s best little beach towns
Washington
A new chapter for Johannesburg
South Africa
Duct tape designs take form in Ohio
USA
Reader Q&A: Mini breaks from London
London
See eye to eye with a butterfly
San Francisco
Spain’s super-charged sport
Spain
Walking in Inca footsteps
Peru
Jaffa, an Israeli city in flux
Israel
An artful 48 hours in Neukölln
Berlin
New gear to smooth summer travel
Technology
Monkeying around in China
China
Italy’s lesser-known Riviera
Italy
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