Features
Wednesday, 01 July 2009 08:07
Written by Jalean Wong

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Thoughts from the Westside
Portraits by Patrick Wack


Zhou
Age: 60, Retired
“Puxi is old Shanghai, while Pudong is the new. Puxi has the true flavor of Shanghai.”

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Thoughts from the Westside
Portraits by Patrick Wack

Zhou
Age: 60, Retired
“Puxi is old Shanghai, while Pudong is the new. Puxi has the true flavor of Shanghai.”

Zhu
Age: 41, Traffic controller
“I like my job in Puxi, especially when I think of the fact that I keep people safe. It’s a job, but it’s also my way of giving back.”

Cao
Age: 21, Insurance agent
“I saw the developments growing up. I really felt the changes, and lived the changes. Shanghai is Hong Kong 10 years ago.”

Xu
Age: 44, Homemaker
“Puxi is where my husband works and my kids go to school. And I enjoy shopping in the French Concession because it’s fashionable.”

Li
Age: 23, University student
“We played a prank on China Mobile with a false complaint about reception. Three weeks later they set up a satellite for reception!”

Huang
Age: 73, Retired
“I have a great time in the park. I have fun dancing with friends; it keeps me fit and I also get to meet new people.”

Powell
Age: 23, University student
“My most memorable experience in Shanghai is playing ‘Naked Taxi.’ It’s a game where you strip down and run starkers around a cab.”

Mu
Age: 26, KPMG consultant
“Puxi is cultural, diverse and convenient. My secret spot is People 7, where I can go to hang out and chillax.”

Kim
Age: 27, homemaker
“When I was pregnant, people actually gave up their seats for me. It changed my opinion that Shanghainese were inconsiderate.”

Xichun
Age: 23, Actor/university student
“I enjoy acting more than studying. My friends and I like Zapata’s to hang out in, where I usually spend about RMB400 a night.”

Xu
Age: 12, Grade school student
“Once I forgot to bring my homework to school, even though I’d done it, and got scolded by this mean male teacher till I cried.”





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