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  • Last remaining adult sex shop following years of gentrification on Walkers Court in Soho on 18th February 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. In Walker’s Court, this seedy alley, there were once sex shops, DVD shops, live sex shows and all manner of pornographic offerings, but now it is all but closed and being redeveloped and gentrified. Walkers Court is a pedestrian street in the Soho district of the City of Westminster. The street dates from around the early 1700s and escaped modernisation in the late nineteenth century so that it retains its original narrow layout. In the twentieth century the small shops that traded from the street gradually closed and from the late 1950s the street became associated with Sohos sex trade.
    20200218_soho gentrification_001.jpg
  • Adult sex shop in Soho, central London, United Kingdom. In Walker’s Court, this seedy alley, there were once sex shops, DVD shops, live sex shows and all manner of pornographic offerings, but now it is all but closed and being redeveloped and gentrified. Walkers Court is a pedestrian street in the Soho district of the City of Westminster. The street dates from around the early 1700s and escaped modernisation in the late nineteenth century so that it retains its original narrow layout. In the twentieth century the small shops that traded from the street gradually closed and from the late 1950s the street became associated with Sohos sex trade.
    20180128_sex shop_001.jpg
  • Pictures of white British people looking on to multicultural passers by and redevelopment in Soho, central London, United Kingdom. In Walker’s Court, this seedy alley, there were once sex shops, DVD shops, live sex shows and all manner of pornographic offerings, but now it is all but closed and being redeveloped and gentrified. Walkers Court is a pedestrian street in the Soho district of the City of Westminster. The street dates from around the early 1700s and escaped modernisation in the late nineteenth century so that it retains its original narrow layout. In the twentieth century the small shops that traded from the street gradually closed and from the late 1950s the street became associated with Sohos sex trade.
    20190703_soho redevelopment_001.jpg
  • Adult sex shop in Soho, central London, United Kingdom. In Walker’s Court, this seedy alley, there were once sex shops, DVD shops, live sex shows and all manner of pornographic offerings, but now it is all but closed and being redeveloped and gentrified. Walkers Court is a pedestrian street in the Soho district of the City of Westminster. The street dates from around the early 1700s and escaped modernisation in the late nineteenth century so that it retains its original narrow layout. In the twentieth century the small shops that traded from the street gradually closed and from the late 1950s the street became associated with Sohos sex trade.
    20180128_sex shop_003.jpg
  • Last remaining adult sex shop following years of gentrification on Walkers Court in Soho on 18th February 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. In Walker’s Court, this seedy alley, there were once sex shops, DVD shops, live sex shows and all manner of pornographic offerings, but now it is all but closed and being redeveloped and gentrified. Walkers Court is a pedestrian street in the Soho district of the City of Westminster. The street dates from around the early 1700s and escaped modernisation in the late nineteenth century so that it retains its original narrow layout. In the twentieth century the small shops that traded from the street gradually closed and from the late 1950s the street became associated with Sohos sex trade.
    20200218_soho gentrification_002.jpg
  • Adult sex shop in Soho, central London, United Kingdom. In Walker’s Court, this seedy alley, there were once sex shops, DVD shops, live sex shows and all manner of pornographic offerings, but now it is all but closed and being redeveloped and gentrified. Walkers Court is a pedestrian street in the Soho district of the City of Westminster. The street dates from around the early 1700s and escaped modernisation in the late nineteenth century so that it retains its original narrow layout. In the twentieth century the small shops that traded from the street gradually closed and from the late 1950s the street became associated with Sohos sex trade.
    20180128_sex shop_002.jpg
  • People queueing up to board the local free Jeepney in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. A Jeepneys, or ‘Dyipni’ in Filipino, are repurposed US military jeeps left over from WWII that have become a prevalent symbol of Philippine art and culture.
    Makati-Shopping-District-Manila-5999.jpg
  • Viewing deck of the Oriental Pearl Tower in Pudong, across the Huang Pu River to Puxi Shanghai’s downtown area in Shanghai, China. The Bund’s western buildings lines the bottom of the view as modern Shanghai’s high-rise skyscraper filled landscape raises up behind.
    2005-07-04 shanghai 049_alamy.jpg
  • Atrium of the Grand Hyatt hotel inside the Jin Mao Building, Pudong in Shanghai, China. This view taken from the 55th floor of the Jin Mao Building looks at the top section of this amazing tower which is owned by the Hyatt hotel group. Looking up, the top floor in this view shows the 85th floor balcony. This interior has become famous as one of Shanghais tourist attractions, with many people paying to see the view from the viewing deck on the 87th floor. The symmetry and repetition of floors and balconies is breathtaking and visually overloading at the same time.
    2005-07-01 shanghai 3 002.jpg
  • Atrium of the Grand Hyatt hotel inside the Jin Mao Building, Pudong in Shanghai, China. This view taken from the 55th floor of the Jin Mao Building looks at the top section of this amazing tower which is owned by the Hyatt hotel group. Looking up, the top floor in this view shows the 85th floor balcony. This interior has become famous as one of Shanghais tourist attractions, with many people paying to see the view from the viewing deck on the 87th floor. The symmetry and repetition of floors and balconies is breathtaking and visually overloading at the same time.
    2005-07-01 shanghai 3 001.jpg
  • Tourists on the Bund at sunset look out over the cityscape and skyline of Pudong Financial District over Huang Pu River in Shanghai, China. Every day at sundown, tourists gather to watch the sun go down and the lights all along the Huang Pu River come to life.
    2005-06-30 shanghai 165.jpg
  • Construction workers operate on a new housing project on the outskirts of Shanghai, China, on 09 August, 2010.  Investment in government infrastructure and real estate spending have surpassed foreign trade as the biggest contributor to China’s growth, fueling fears of an economic slow down triggered by the debt burden.
    QS100807Shanghai018.jpg
  • A young Chinese woman exits Huai Hai Road (Huai Hai Lu) Metro station underneath a giant advertising hoarding on Huai Hai Road, in downtown Shanghai. This exit is right in the centre of Shanghai’s main shopping street where many western stores have their first Chinese branches and where the young and beautiful can be seen carrying seemingly endless bags of shopping. Advertising, like this huge one for Aupres, lines this street in particular. Image is very important to younger Chinese. After so many years of no options, westernization has opened up their fashion possibilities and choices. This woman is shielding herself from the sun with an umbrella in an attempt which many women use to keep their skin white.
    2005-06-30 shanghai 031_1.jpg
  • Atrium of the Grand Hyatt hotel inside the Jin Mao Building, Pudong in Shanghai, China. This view taken from the 55th floor of the Jin Mao Building looks at the top section of this amazing tower which is owned by the Hyatt hotel group. Looking up, the top floor in this view shows the 85th floor balcony. This interior has become famous as one of Shanghais tourist attractions, with many people paying to see the view from the viewing deck on the 87th floor. The symmetry and repetition of floors and balconies is breathtaking and visually overloading at the same time.
    2005-07-01 shanghai 2 131.jpg
  • A young Chinese woman exits Huai Hai Road, Huai Hai Lu, Metro station underneath a giant advertising hoarding on Huai Hai Road, in downtown Shanghai, China. This exit is right in the centre of Shanghai’s main shopping street where many western stores have their first Chinese branches and where the young and beautiful can be seen carrying seemingly endless bags of shopping. Advertising, like this huge one for Aupres, lines this street in particular. Image is very important to younger Chinese. After so many years of no options, westernization has opened up their fashion possibilities and choices. This woman is shielding herself from the sun with an umbrella in an attempt which many women use to keep their skin white.
    2005-06-30 shanghai 032_alamy.CR2.jpg
  • Pedestrians walk across a foot bridge with the skyscrapers of Pudong in the distance in Shanghai, China on 28 August 2010.  Investment in government infrastructure and real estate spending have surpassed foreign trade as the biggest contributor to China’s growth, fueling fears of an economic slow down triggered by the debt burden.
    QS100828Shanghai004 .jpg
  • Workers install glass panels of the Sunshine Valley, a series of funnel-like structure that straddles the Expo axis, at the main 2010 World Expo site under construction in Shanghai, China on 13 July 2009.  The World Expo drew in over 70 million visitors during its six months duration.
    QS090713Shanghai045.jpg
  • A view of a collapsed apartment building at the "Riverside Lotus" developement in Shanghai, China on 29 June 2009.  Frenzied construction pace throughout China's ongoing building boom, the largest in recorded history, has left much to be wondered about safety and quality, as the toppling of this nearly finished 11 story apartment complex demonstrates.
    QS090629Shanghai032.jpg
  • Workers operate on a road construction site in Shanghai, China on 20 June 2009. China has undergone a major road building project as an investment in basic infrastructure and a cornerstone in economic development, linking cities by highways and vowing to extend its road network to every village in the country. More than 33,000 kilometers (20,500 miles) of highways have been built in the last five (5) years and China is on track to top the U.S. in terms of roadways...
    QS090620Shanghai055.jpg
  • A jeepney stops on the side of the road in attempt to get customers on Antonio Arnaiz Ave, Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. A jeepney, or ‘dyipni’ in Filipino, is a repurposed military jeep that is used as a free taxi in the Philippines. The high-rise building in the background is the Park Terraces building.
    Philippines-Manila-7048.jpg
  • Viewing deck of the Oriental Pearl Tower in Pudong, across the Huang Pu River to Puxi Shanghai’s downtown area in Shanghai, China. The Bund’s western buildings lines the bottom of the view as modern Shanghai’s high-rise skyscraper filled landscape raises up behind.
    2005-07-04 shanghai 046.jpg
  • Female Western looking showroom dummies at a textiles shop in downtown Shanghai, China. This style of western dummy with sculpted hair, bright red lips and dark eye make up is common throughout the city, and can be seen all over China. This choice of western model interestingly reflects the desire for western looks and light skin common amongst Chinese women in particular.
    2005-06-30 shanghai 023.jpg
  • A man flies his kite on the Bund with Pudong in the distance as the backdrop in Shanghai, China on 13 October 2013. The Bund, along with the contrast of the modern skyline across the Huangpu River in Pudong's Lujiazui Financial District, is one of the most iconic tourist destination in China and possibly the world.
    QS131030Shanghai007_1_1.jpg
  • A chicken walks past a wall that is covered with communist and patriotic slogans in the village of Duntang, in Daoxian County, Hunan Province, China, on 03 June, 2010. One says "to use Marxism to occupy the rural battlefield", another says "uphold the socialist path".  Duntang was connected to the main electricity grid and began to receive regular supply of electricity only since the beginning of 2009.
    QS100603Daoxian067.jpg
  • Red banners fly over an empty field during a farm machinery demonstration for harvesting sugar cane at a state-owned farm near Nanning, Guangxi Province,  China on 05 January 2010. Guangxi produces over 70 percent of all sugar in China, much of which is still being harvested manually.
    QS100105Nanning061.jpg
  • Workers operate on the assembly line that makes photovoltaic cells, the main energy generating component of a solar panel, at the Suntech Power Holdings factory in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China on 28 July 2009.  While China, the world's largest electricity consumer, installed less that 3% of the world's solar power capacity last year, its government subsidized alternative energy manufacturing industry now supplies the majority of the solar panels on the world market.
    QS090728Wuxi037.jpg
  • With the skyscrapers of Pudong's Lujiazui Financial District in the background, a scaffolding surrounds the Revolutionary Martyrs Monument, part of the historical riverside Bund renovation project in Shanghai, China on 27 May 2009.  60 years ago today residents of Shanghai woke up to find communist soldiers sleeping on the streets as the People's Liberation Army drove away the defending Nationalists after 15 days of intense fighting using only light weaponry to minimize collateral damage.
    QS090527Shanghai001.jpg
  • An unpaved highway still under construction cuts through the Karst mountains near Guilin, Guangxi Province, China on 19 October, 2008. China has undergone a major road building project as an investment in basic infrastructure and a cornerstone in economic development, linking cities by highways and vowing to extend its road network to every village in the country. More than 33,000 kilometers (20,500 miles) of highways have been built in the last five (5) years and China is on track to top the U.S. in terms of roadways...
    QS090122Scan05_04.jpg
  • A high-speed train linking Shanghai and Nanjing enters the rail station in Nanjing, China on 04 March, 2011.  In just a few years, China has built the world's longest high-speed rail network, named China Rail High-speed (CRH), and continues to expand despite accusations of technology pilfering and safety concerns. On July 23rd, 2011, two high-speed trains in eastern China collided due to supposed malfunctioning in the signaling system, killing 40 and injuring hundreds, meanwhile a slew of corruption scandals at China's rail ministry has surfaced recently.
    Nanjing_009.jpg
  • High Speed train linking Shanghai and Nanjing parked on a track at the rail station in Nanjing, China on 04 March, 2011.  In just a few years, China has built the world's longest high-speed rail network, named China Rail High-speed (CRH), and continues to expand despite accusations of technology pilfering and safety concerns. On July 23rd, 2011, two high-speed trains in eastern China collided due to supposed malfunctioning in the signaling system, killing 40 and injuring hundreds, meanwhile a slew of corruption scandals at China's rail ministry has surfaced recently.
    Nanjing_007.jpg
  • Atrium of the Grand Hyatt hotel, Pudong. This view taken from the 55th floor of the Jin Mao Building looks at the top section of this amazing tower which is owned by the Hyatt hotel group. Looking up, from the bar area on the 55th floor to the viewing deck on the 87th floor. This interior has become famous as one of Shanghai's tourist attractions, with many people paying to see the view from the viewing deck. The symmetry and repetition of floors and balconies is breathtaking and visually overloading at the same time.
    2005-07-01 shanghai 3 003_alamy_1.jpg
  • Atrium of the Grand Hyatt hotel, Pudong. This view taken from the 85th floor of the Jin Mao Building looks at the top section of this amazing tower which is owned by the Hyatt hotel group. Looking down, the bottom floor in this view shows the bar area on the 55th floor. This interior has become famous as one of Shanghai's tourist attractions, with many people paying to see the view from the viewing deck on the 87th floor. The symmetry and repetition of floors and balconies is breathtaking and visually overloading at the same time.
    2005-07-01 shanghai 2 144_alamy_1.jpg
  • Workers sit in the shade at lunchtime in front of Coca Cola advertising in Shanghai's popular Xiang Yang Fashion Market. It is possible to see from their older style clothes that they are either poor Shanghainese, or migrants from outside Shanghai. The advertising and these people shows the stark contrasts between old China and western modern China, and the gap between rich and poor.
    2005-07-01 shanghai 2 051_1.jpg
  • The Jin Mao Building take pride of place in Pudong, Shanghai’s financial district from the Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai, China. The are is currently dominated here by the Lu Jia Zui buildings, but reaching way above at 88 stories and 425m is the beautiful Jin Mao Building. Housing offices, residents and the Grand Hyatt Hotel, the Jin Mao will be beaten into second place in Shanghai by a new building whose footprint is already being prepared bottom right. Much of Pudong’s high rise residential housing fills the background showing the distance to which Shanghai spreads.
    2005-07-04 shanghai 022_alamy.jpg
  • Atrium of the Grand Hyatt hotel inside the Jin Mao Building, Pudong in Shanghai, China. This view taken from the 85th floor of the Jin Mao Building looks at the top section of this amazing tower which is owned by the Hyatt hotel group. Looking down, the bottom floor in this view shows the bar area on the 55th floor. This interior has become famous as one of Shanghais tourist attractions, with many people paying to see the view from the viewing deck on the 87th floor. The symmetry and repetition of floors and balconies is breathtaking and visually overloading at the same time.
    2005-07-01 shanghai 2 142_alamy.jpg
  • The BundMorning exercisers practices Taichi in a square on the bund, with the colonial-era bank and hotel buildings as the backdrop in Shanghai, China on 13 October 2013. The Bund, along with the contrast of the modern skyline across the Huangpu River in Pudong's Lujiazui Financial District, is one of the most iconic tourist destination in China and possibly the world.
    QS131030Shanghai003_1_1.jpg
  • A CRH high speed inter city train pulls ouf the Shanghai Railway Station in Shanghai, China on 14 February, 2011.  Liu Zhijun,  China's Railways minister and a champion of  investment in the country's high-speed rail network.   is being investigated for "severe violation of discipline" according to Xinhua, China's state news agency. China aims to build 27,000 KM of high speed rail by the year 2020, however the contract and procurement process involoved in this rapid and ambitious project often remains opaque at best.
    QS110214Shanghai017.jpg
  • Giant neon rooftop sign spells out the electronics company name ‘Sharp’. Situated on the 30th floor rooftop on a building rear to Nanpu Bridge in Nanpudaqiao, this old sign is one of Shanghai’s icons, and can be seen when crossing the bridge. Below the highway traffic roars through high-rise residential developments which rise up to take their part of the skyline. So much air pollution and light pollution from buildings, construction, cars and lighting up makes the whole city glow.
    2005-07-04 shanghai 2 057_1.jpg
  • Atrium of the Grand Hyatt hotel, Pudong. This view taken from the 85th floor of the Jin Mao Building looks at the top section of this amazing tower which is owned by the Hyatt hotel group. Looking down, the bottom floor in this view shows the bar area on the 55th floor. This interior has become famous as one of Shanghai's tourist attractions, with many people paying to see the view from the viewing deck on the 87th floor. The symmetry and repetition of floors and balconies is breathtaking and visually overloading at the same time.
    2005-07-01 shanghai 2 142_alamy_1.jpg
  • People queueing up to board the local free Jeepney in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. A Jeepneys, or ‘Dyipni’ in Filipino, are repurposed US military jeeps left over from WWII that have become a prevalent symbol of Philippine art and culture.
    Makati-Shopping-District-Manila-5978.jpg
  • The Oriental Pearl Tower left and Jin Mao Building right rise up, glowing in the distance in Pudong, and China’s centralised financial district in Shanghai, China. Skyline across the low-rise traditional Chinese housing in the foreground of Nanpudaqiao through the high-rise developments, offices and apartment buildings right across downtown, this vision of capitalism and modernity against traditional sums up the colossal development of this ‘Paris of the East’ as Shanghai was once known. In ten years the city has gone from 2-3 story housing as far as the eye can see to this rising metropolis. So much air pollution and light pollution from buildings, construction, cars and lighting up makes the whole city glow.
    2005-07-04 shanghai 2 053_alamy.jpg
  • Plaza 66 shopping mall in Shanghai, China. Plaza 66 is a commercial and office complex in Shanghai, consisting of a shopping mall and two skyscrapers. The shopping mall has 5 levels with a total area of over 50,000 square metres.
    2005-07-03 nanjing lu 2 015.jpg
  • Plaza 66 shopping mall in Shanghai, China. Plaza 66 is a commercial and office complex in Shanghai, consisting of a shopping mall and two skyscrapers. The shopping mall has 5 levels with a total area of over 50,000 square metres.
    2005-07-03 nanjing lu 2 013.jpg
  • Old China comes crashing down in Shanghai, China. A Daewoo digger knocks down one of the last remaining old buildings in the heart of Pudong, Shanghais financial district. The Welcome sign and Chinese lanterns in marked contrast to the ever present destruction of old Shanghai around the city.
    2005-07-01 shanghai 3 032_alamy.jpg
  • Atrium of the Grand Hyatt hotel inside the Jin Mao Building, Pudong in Shanghai, China. This view taken from the 85th floor of the Jin Mao Building looks at the top section of this amazing tower which is owned by the Hyatt hotel group. Looking down, the bottom floor in this view shows the bar area on the 55th floor. This interior has become famous as one of Shanghais tourist attractions, with many people paying to see the view from the viewing deck on the 87th floor. The symmetry and repetition of floors and balconies is breathtaking and visually overloading at the same time.
    2005-07-01 shanghai 2 138_alamy.jpg
  • Workers sit in the shade at lunchtime in front of Coca Cola advertising in Shanghais popular Xiang Yang Fashion Market in Shanghai, China. It is possible to see from their older style clothes that they are either poor Shanghainese, or migrants from outside Shanghai. The advertising and these people shows the stark contrasts between old China and western modern China, and the gap between rich and poor.
    2005-07-01 shanghai 2 050_alamy.jpg
  • Pedestrians walk across a foot bridge with the skyscrapers of Pudong in the distance in Shanghai, China on 28 August 2010.  Investment in government infrastructure and real estate spending have surpassed foreign trade as the biggest contributor to China’s growth, fueling fears of an economic slow down triggered by the debt burden.
    QS100828Shanghai002 .jpg
  • Pedestrians walk across a foot bridge with the skyscrapers of Pudong in the distance in Shanghai, China on 28 August 2010.  Investment in government infrastructure and real estate spending have surpassed foreign trade as the biggest contributor to China’s growth, fueling fears of an economic slow down triggered by the debt burden.
    QS100828Shanghai001 .jpg
  • Passengers wait for their trains above the high-speed railway tracks at the railway station in Wuxi, China on 19 August 2010.  In just a few years, China has built the world's longest high-speed rail network, named China Rail High-speed (CRH), and continues to expand despite accusations of technology pilfering and safety concerns. On July 23rd, 2011, two high-speed trains in eastern China collided due to supposed malfunctioning in the signaling system, killing 40 and injuring hundreds, meanwhile a slew of corruption scandals at China's rail ministry has surfaced recently. The Railways Ministry's debts have ballooned in recent years. At the end of the first quarter its obligations totaled 1.98 trillion yuan ($307 billion), about 5% of China's gross domestic product.
    QS100819Wuxi080.jpg
  • A man uses a flashlight to see his way through the village of Duntang, in Daoxian County, Hunan Province, China, on 03 June, 2010. Duntang was connected to the main electricity grid and began to receive regular supply of electricity only since the beginning of 2009.
    QS100603Daoxian096.jpg
  • Workers operate on the assembly line that makes photovoltaic cells, the main energy generating component of a solar panel, at the Suntech Power Holdings factory in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China on 28 July 2009.  While China, the world's largest electricity consumer, installed less that 3% of the world's solar power capacity last year, its government subsidized alternative energy manufacturing industry now supplies the majority of the solar panels on the world market.
    QS090728Wuxi043.jpg
  • Workers make final inspection on solar panels at the Suntech Power Holdings factory in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China on 28 July 2009.  While China, the world's largest electricity consumer, installed less that 3% of the world's solar power capacity last year, its government subsidized alternative energy manufacturing industry now supplies the majority of the solar panels on the world market.
    QS090728Wuxi030.jpg
  • A guard stands near a smart for two vehicle on display during the smart for two China Launch in Shanghai, China on 08 April 2009. China's automobile market saw a rapid growth in the past decade and it is now the biggest automobile market in the world, the title has come with a price however, with many cities roads clogged, some local governments are issuing new directives limiting new vehicle purchases.
    QS090408Shanghai011.jpg
  • Security guards carry a models of a residential development at a real estate fair in Shanghai, China on 15 March, 2009. For the past decade, Shanghai has underwent the largest reconstruction in recorded history, over 20 million square meters of land, approximately a third of Manhattan, were developed between year 200 and 2005 alone. Despite that however, housing prices have seen a rapid increase, putting the prospect of owning a decent sized home out of the reach of ordinary Chinese citizens, especially middle to low income families.
    QS090315Shanghai034.jpg
  • An agent shows potential buyers the layout of a new residential development at a real estate fair in Shanghai, China on 15 March, 2009. For the past decade, Shanghai has underwent the largest reconstruction in recorded history, over 20 million square meters of land, approximately a third of Manhattan, were developed between year 200 and 2005 alone. Despite that however, housing prices have seen a rapid increase, putting the prospect of owning a decent sized home out of the reach of ordinary Chinese citizens, especially middle to low income families.
    QS090315Shanghai025.jpg
  • A man looks up from behind model of new apartment buildings at a real estate fair in Shanghai, China on 15 March, 2009.  For the past decade, Shanghai has underwent the largest reconstruction in recorded history, over 20 million square meters of land, approximately a third of Manhattan, were developed between year 200 and 2005 alone. Despite that however, housing prices have seen a rapid increase, putting the prospect of owning a decent sized home out of the reach of ordinary Chinese citizens, especially middle to low income families.
    QS090315Shanghai016.jpg
  • A view of downtown Shanghai, China on 15 March, 2009.  For the past decade, Shanghai has underwent the largest reconstruction in recorded history, over 20 million square meters of land, approximately a third of Manhattan, were developed between year 200 and 2005 alone.
    QS090315Shanghai002.jpg
  • A boy rides a bicycle near a temporary bridge erected at an highway construction site near Guilin, Guangxi Province, China on 19 October, 2008.  China has undergone a major road building project as an investment in basic infrastructure and a cornerstone in economic development, linking cities by highways and vowing to extend its road network to every village in the country. More than 33,000 kilometers (20,500 miles) of highways have been built in the last five (5) years and China is on track to top the U.S. in terms of roadways...
    QS090122Scan05_09.jpg
  • A pool table stands in an empty lot near new apartment buildings in Shenzhen, China in December, 2008.  Pool is a popular past time among China's migrant work force..
    QS090122Scan01_10.jpg
  • A man rides bicycle past the window of an abandoned house that is slated for redevelopment in Shanghai China, on  May 01, 2011. The government has installed a series of measures in hope of curbing housing prices in major cities, which has sky rocketed in recent years out of the reach of ordinary families. While the effectiveness of these measures remain to be seen, as one of the main cause is the high cost of land, which is owned by the government, the restrictions has caused a real estate boom in smaller cities that are quickly becoming a problem of its own.
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  • KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) burger at a restaurant on Huai Hai Road and Shaanxi Road in Shanghai’s downtown shopping district. Western fast food is popular amongst the young as are many western influences on this society that has changed dramatically since the late 1990’s, embracing western culture, fashion, food and attitudes. These restaurants are always full, despite being more expensive than fast Chinese food. There are many overweight youngsters in Shanghai, something of a recent characteristic as dietary changes result in a generally larger generation.
    2005-07-14 shanghai 024_1.jpg
  • China Telecom sign on a public phone booth window on Nanjing Road. It is common for many businesses, companies or utilities to display their names in traditional Chinese characters and in English, such is the westernisation of capitalist Shanghai.
    2005-07-03 nanjing lu 2 044_1.jpg
  • Fashionable man walks past the Gucci store on West Nanjing Rd. Seriously high end designer fashion has joined the many high street stores as Shanghai becomes more wealthy. This road with it's expensive hotels and consulates is one area where these shops are common. As in Hong Kong where designer fashion outlets fill some shopping malls, Shanghai is heading the same direction.
    2005-07-03 nanjing lu 1 040_1.jpg
  • Atrium of the Grand Hyatt hotel, Pudong. This view taken from the 85th floor of the Jin Mao Building looks at the top section of this amazing tower which is owned by the Hyatt hotel group. Looking down, the bottom floor in this view shows the bar area on the 55th floor. This interior has become famous as one of Shanghai's tourist attractions, with many people paying to see the view from the viewing deck on the 87th floor. The symmetry and repetition of floors and balconies is breathtaking and visually overloading at the same time.
    2005-07-01 shanghai 2 163_alamy_1.jpg
  • Atrium of the Grand Hyatt hotel, Pudong. This view taken from the 85th floor of the Jin Mao Building looks at the top section of this amazing tower which is owned by the Hyatt hotel group. Looking down, the bottom floor in this view shows the bar area on the 55th floor. This interior has become famous as one of Shanghai's tourist attractions, with many people paying to see the view from the viewing deck on the 87th floor. The symmetry and repetition of floors and balconies is breathtaking and visually overloading at the same time.
    2005-07-01 shanghai 2 138_alamy_1.jpg
  • View across the Huang Pu River to Pudong and Lu Jia Zui financial district. At sunset as the light falls, this whole are comes to life, and the well known buildings stand out. The two dominant buildings are the Oriental Pearl Tower on the left and the Jin Mao Building on the right.This whole district has been developed from being low level Chinese housing since 1996-7.
    2005-06-30 shanghai 151_1.jpg
  • A jeepney stops on the side of the road in attempt to get customers on Antonio Arnaiz Ave, Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. A jeepney, or ‘dyipni’ in Filipino, is a repurposed military jeep that is used as a free taxi in the Philippines. The high-rise building in the background is the Park Terraces building.
    Philippines-Manila-7049.jpg
  • KFC Kentucky Fried Chicken staff at a restaurant on Huai Hai Road and Shaanxi Road in Shanghai’s downtown shopping district in Shanghai, China. Western fast food is popular amongst the young as are many western influences on this society that has changed dramatically since the late 1990’s, embracing western culture, fashion, food and attitudes. These restaurants are always full, despite being more expensive than fast Chinese food. There are many overweight youngsters in Shanghai, something of a recent characteristic as dietary changes result in a generally larger generation.
    2005-07-14 shanghai 026_alamy.jpg
  • View looking from The Oriental Pearl Tower in Pudong, across the Huang Pu River to Puxi Shanghai’s downtown area in Shanghai, China. The Bund’s western buildings lines the bottom of the view as modern Shanghai’s high-rise skyscraper filled landscape raises up behind.
    2005-07-04 shanghai 045.jpg
  • View looking from The Oriental Pearl Tower in Pudong, across the Huang Pu River to Puxi Shanghai’s downtown area in Shanghai, China. The Bund’s western buildings lines the bottom of the view as modern Shanghai’s high-rise skyscraper filled landscape raises up behind.
    2005-07-04 shanghai 030.jpg
  • View looking from The Oriental Pearl Tower in Pudong, across the Huang Pu River to Puxi Shanghai’s downtown area in Shanghai, China. The Bund’s western buildings lines the bottom of the view as modern Shanghai’s high-rise skyscraper filled landscape raises up behind.
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  • View looking from The Oriental Pearl Tower in Pudong, across the Huang Pu River to Puxi Shanghai’s downtown area in Shanghai, China. The Bund’s western buildings lines the bottom of the view as modern Shanghai’s high-rise skyscraper filled landscape raises up behind.
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  • Plaza 66 shopping mall in Shanghai, China. Plaza 66 is a commercial and office complex in Shanghai, consisting of a shopping mall and two skyscrapers. The shopping mall has 5 levels with a total area of over 50,000 square metres.
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  • Old China comes crashing down in Shanghai, China. Migrant workers working on one of the last remaining old buildings in the heart of Pudong, Shanghais financial district bringing on the destruction of old Shanghai around the city.
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  • Super Brand Mall in Shanghai, China. Super Brand Mall is a major shopping centre set in the prime location of Lu Jia Zui Finance and Trade Zone. As a large scale, international urban family-oriented entertainment and shopping center developed by Shanghai Kinghill Limited, a subsidiary of the Chai Tai Group, Super Brand Mall has 13 floors.
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  • Exterior of the Jin Mao Building, Pudong in Shanghai, China. The Jin Mao Building towers above the Pudong Skyline. At 88 stories and 421m tall it is Shanghais tallest building and the third tallest building in the World. In its upper section is housed the Grand Hyatt hotel from floors 55 to 87. One of the most popular buildings in Shanghai, almost universally liked, its steel exterior makes it glimmer and glisten in the sunlight.
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  • Businessmen cross the street walking towards Pudongs main financial district Lu Jia Zui, Pudong in Shanghai, China. This centre for Shanghai, and even Chinas finances has developed from nothing since the mid to late 1990s. Now it is a place to see businessmen in crisp white shirts and suits, carrying brief cases.
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  • Tourists on the Bund at sunset look out over the cityscape and skyline of Pudong Financial District over Huang Pu River in Shanghai, China. Every day at sundown, tourists gather to watch the sun go down and the lights all along the Huang Pu River come to life.
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  • Loreal fashion advertising in downtown Shanghai, China. Image is very important to younger Chinese. After so many years of no options, westernization has opened up their fashion possibilities and choices. Western and Chinese models with similar toned skin as is the desire for white skin amongst many Chinese people.
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  • The BundMorning exercisers practices Taichi in a square on the bund, with the colonial-era bank and hotel buildings as the backdrop in Shanghai, China on 13 October 2013. The Bund, along with the contrast of the modern skyline across the Huangpu River in Pudong's Lujiazui Financial District, is one of the most iconic tourist destination in China and possibly the world.
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  • A woman walks past a large yellow car park sign on street in Shoreditch, East London. Striding across the road, the lady wears a white skirt and espadrilles with high heels. It is later in the afternoon on this warm summer's day and the sun has partly covered the yellow sign with its black lettering, written as one word rather than the normal two. Otherwise, the street is empty of other pedestrians but this area is undergoing massive regeneration thanks to the new Crossrail project, a part of which is seen as a concrete overpass for trains in the background.
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  • Visitors walk on the Bund with a view of Pudong's modern Lujiazui Financial District across the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China on 05 September, 2011. The Bund and the skyscrapers of Pudong are the most famous and iconic sites of Shanghai.
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  • Visitors walk on the Bund with a view of Pudong's modern Lujiazui Financial District across the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China on 05 September, 2011. The Bund and the skyscrapers of Pudong are the most famous and iconic sites of Shanghai.
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  • A pedestrian walks past roles of densely populated apartment blocks in Shanghai, China on 14 February, 2011.  While the latest introduction of property tax by the central government has yet to show its cooling effects on asset prices,  it is providing extra impetus for rent increases in many Chinese cities, according to a survey conducted by China Youth Daily. In the survey, 81.6 per cent of the 4,060 respondents interviewed said they "are suffering from the increase in rents". Among them, 34.8 per cent said their quality of life has been "greatly affected by the increase".
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  • Earth diggers seen at an old neighborhood in the process of being torn down to make room for new developments in Shanghai, China on 13 November 2010.  While China's central government has made repeated attempts to cool the property market, their interests are at odds with those of the local authorities. According to a research by Northwestern University, almost 50% of the Shanghai government's revenues come from land sales, and they have come to rely on that revenue for growth and investment.
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  • Cheng Zhifang, self proclaimed top salesman at the Yingfeng Electronics Store, demonstrate the use of a  karaoke machine to a rural woman with a child in Daoxian, Hunan Province, China, on Saturday, 16 October 2010.
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  • Farmers carrying vegetables walk past a bunch of ducklings in the village of Duntang, in Daoxian County, Hunan Province, China, on 03 June, 2010.  Duntang was connected to the main electricity grid and began to receive regular supply of electricity only since the beginning of 2009.
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  • Workers operate on a construction site for residential developments in Shanghai, China on 13 May 2010. Investment in government infrastructure and real estate spending have surpassed foreign trade as the biggest contributor to China’s growth, fueling fears of an economic slow down triggered by the debt burden.
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  • A worker walks through Sunshine Valley, a series of funnel-like structure that straddles the Expo axis, at the main 2010 World Expo site under construction in Shanghai, China on 13 July 2009. The World Expo drew in over 70 million visitors during its six months duration.
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  • Workers operate on the assembly line at the Changan Ford Mazda Plant in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province; China, on Thursday, July 9, 2009. Ford Motor Co. said it intends to outpace industrywide sales in China, the world's fastest-growing major auto market, helped by demand for the new Fiesta.
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  • With the historical architecture of the older banks, custom houses, and hotels from Shangh's concession days in the background, a worker drives a tractor through a construction site, a part of the historical riverside Bund renovation project underway for the upcoming World Expo in Shanghai, China on 27 May 2009.  60 years ago today residents of Shanghai woke up to find communist soldiers sleeping on the streets as the People's Liberation Army drove away the defending Nationalists after 15 days of intense fighting using only light weaponry to minimize collateral damage.
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  • Workers operate on a scaffolding at a construction site in the middle of the Lujiazui Financial District, with the iconic Pearl Oriental TV Tower in the background, in Shanghai, China on 19 May 2009.   China's State Council recently decided to pass an important document outlining the goal, the strategy and the organizational mechanism of building Shanghai into an so called International Financial Center, as top leaders feel that the world economic crises has opened an unprecedented opportunity to push the city further onto the world financial stage.
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  • Visitors walk past a smart advertisement during the smart for two China Launch in Shanghai, China on 08 April 2009. China's automobile market saw a rapid growth in the past decade and it is now the biggest automobile market in the world, the title has come with a price however, with many cities roads clogged, some local governments are issuing new directives limiting new vehicle purchases.
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  • A worker operates  on a elevated highway construction site in Shanghai, China on 07 April, 2009.  China has undergone a major road building project as an investment in basic infrastructure and a cornerstone in economic development, linking cities by highways and vowing to extend its road network to every village in the country. More than 33,000 kilometers (20,500 miles) of highways have been built in the last five (5) years and China is on track to top the U.S. in terms of roadways...
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  • A man looks at models of apartments at a real estate fair in Shanghai, China on 15 March, 2009. For the past decade, Shanghai has underwent the largest reconstruction in recorded history, over 20 million square meters of land, approximately a third of Manhattan, were developed between year 200 and 2005 alone. Despite that however, housing prices have seen a rapid increase, putting the prospect of owning a decent sized home out of the reach of ordinary Chinese citizens, especially middle to low income families.
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  • A high-speed train driver waits on the platform of  the rail station in Nanjing, China on 04 March, 2011.  In just a few years, China has built the world's longest high-speed rail network, named China Rail High-speed (CRH), and continues to expand despite accusations of technology pilfering and safety concerns. On July 23rd, 2011, two high-speed trains in eastern China collided due to supposed malfunctioning in the signaling system, killing 40 and injuring hundreds, meanwhile a slew of corruption scandals at China's rail ministry has surfaced recently.
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  • A broken red lantern with the characters " wan shi ru yi", or "ten thousand things accroding to your will", sits on the rubble of a demolished house house that is slated for redevelopment in Shanghai China, on  May 01, 2011. The government has installed a series of measures in hope of curbing housing prices in major cities, which has sky rocketed in recent years out of the reach of ordinary families. While the effectiveness of these measures remain to be seen, as one of the main cause is the high cost of land, which is owned by the government, the restrictions has caused a real estate boom in smaller cities that are quickly becoming a problem of its own.
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  • Mo Suo minority people in a small community village home. Leaders of such communities are women, who live separate lives (mostly) from the men of the village. They still lead very simple lives, tending their crops and animals. Local tradition is that if a man wished to be with any woman in the village, he must simply knock on her door at night. Should she become pregnant with his child, the man’s brothers would have to raise the child. Here a Mo Suo woman who leads a more modern life, working in a nearby hotel, texts a friend on her cell phone. Her Honda baseball cap is in contrast to the much more traditional woman on her bed at the edge of this dark living area.
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  • Woman takes a call on her cell phone between bites of her KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) burger at a restaurant on Huai Hai Road and Shaanxi Road in Shanghai’s downtown shopping district. Western fast food is popular amongst the young as are many western influences on this society that has changed dramatically since the late 1990’s, embracing western culture, fashion, food and attitudes. These restaurants are always full, despite being more expensive than fast Chinese food. There are many overweight youngsters in Shanghai, something of a recent characteristic as dietary changes result in a generally larger generation.
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  • Pudong, Shanghai’s financial district from the Oriental Pearl Tower. The are is currently dominated here by the Lu Jia Zui buildings (front left), but reaching way above at 88 stories and 425m is the beautiful Jin Mao Building. Housing offices, residents and the Grand Hyatt Hotel, the Jin Mao will be beaten into second place in Shanghai by a new building whose footprint is already being prepared (bottom right). Much of Pudong’s high rise residential housing fills the background showing the distance to which Shanghai spreads.
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