Took a stroll the other night and stumbled upon some outdoor ballroom dancing in Hengshan Park. Can’t say the couples were outwardly enjoying themselves — they smiled about as often as Chinese gymnasts during Olympic routines — but I guess you could call it pleasure by post-Maoist-retiree standards. Anyway, you don’t see that in Central Park.
Yesterday I went to the Bund, Shanghai’s most famous — and photogenic — spot, and took a few hundred photos. Here are a few of ‘em.