"Almost as soon as I land in Shanghai, it strikes me that this megalopolis is getting greener. The cityscape seems to contradict the smoggy stereotype I’d harboured from a trip here over a decade ago."
"I remember yearning for more trees and the sound of birds amid the mechanical cranes around me. Witnessing the scale of intense concrete development made me worry about the scale of the loss of nature."
"By morning, however, what strikes me in the daylight is the abundance of green: the welcome sight of thickets of trees poking out between the human-made shapes."
"Fielding and I pause for a moment to reflect on another big reason to love more trees in cities: they bring down temperatures."
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