One of the best-preserved old lanes in Shanghai, the elegant Longmencun was first established in 1865 but its current 76 mansions and lilong houses were constructed between 1905 and 1934.

We couldn’t decide what impressed us most about Shanghai when my wife and I first visited in 2001. Was it the obvious energy of the city? Or was it the contrast between old and new? Our tour ...

The Shanghai municipal government is progressing a project to protect the old names of historical places in the city and the whole list will be published at the end of 2006, ...