Saturday, October 30, 2010

The yawning gap between rich and poor

Louis Vuitton suitcase, an ostentatious monstrosity on Nanjing Road West in Shanghai.

Pathetic suburbs on the outskirts of Shanghai where the poor migrants can afford to live.

Welcome to Shanghai, the real Shanghai. For all I knew, the real Shanghai was all glitz and glamour. But today I took a subway out to the "suburbs," and saw the other real Shanghai. Both extremes exist. Seems like everyone here is really rich or really poor.

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