Are Trees Making Shanghai a Smarter City?
Briefly

"Witnessing the scale of intense concrete development made me worry about the scale of the loss of nature. Could this visit be that different?"
"As I gaze out the window on the drive from the airport, the cityscape seems to contradict the smoggy stereotype I'd harbored from a trip here over a decade ago."
"By morning, however, as I buzz up the electric blinds, 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."
Read at Conde Nast Traveler
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