Part 07 – Shanghai and Pudong
Part 7, Shanghai and Pudong Date: 4/3/2017 No doubt about it: Shanghai is a big city. In terms of population within its city limits, it is the biggest city in the world at about 24 million. By population of metropolitan area, it is #2 in the world at 34 million, behind #1 Tokyo which has 38 million. But it’s in Pudong across the Huangpu River where it’s really happening. Pudong was mostly farmland until the 1960s — and in 1993…