Shanghai escapades

Shanghai’s futuristic cityscape – dominated by gleaming new skyscrapers – has been the backdrop of Hollywood blockbusters like James Bond flick Skyfall (2012) and science-fiction film Blade Runner 2049 (2017).

But the city is also home to well-preserved Art Deco buildings and shikumen, preserved 19th-century colonial alleylane houses.

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