In 2012, I travelled through China carrying more books than was practical. Because of course I did. They took up valuable space in my backpack. They made train journeys heavier. They competed with notebooks, guidebooks, and the inevitable accumulation of…
Shanghai is often introduced through its skyline. Photographs of the Bund and Pudong dominate travel brochures, presenting the city as a symbol of modern China and rapid transformation. Spend a few days here and another Shanghai begins to emerge. Plane…
On my first evening in Shanghai, I found myself beside the Huangpu River watching ferries move between the banks. Around me, tourists lifted phones for photographs before drifting back into the crowd, commuters surfaced from the metro and headed into…