the Shanghai Museum to the west, and remnants of the old city wall to the south. With many historical buildings nearby, the usual problem of the ground sinking around metro construction projects ...

Yet, historical buildings are the exception in Shanghai. One is the Jade Buddha ... The refurbished old town has a Disneyesque feel but its fancy facades and rooftops have a certain charm ...

the mostly two- and three-storey buildings of stone and wood are an anachronism at the heart of Shanghai's gleaming commercial district. Thousands of residents -- a mix of old Shanghai families ...

Set in a futuristic building in the south of the city ... Wei Jing Ge restaurant is set in the old Shanghai Club, where the city really swung in the 1920s, and serves standards such as double ...