Morning exercise for a women's group on the Bund against the backdrop of Pudong

View from the roof terrace of the "Three on the Bund" over the Bund waterfront promenade

TSMK Bar in the trendy Bund district

The exclusive design bar at Bund 18 is one of the top addresses in Shanghai in 2003

White wedding, bridal couple on the roof terrace of the Peace Hotel, Pudong in the background

Interchange of the Gaojia, an elevated highway system, in the center of Shanghai

View across the Huangpu River to the boom district of Pudong

Couple with child amidst the ruins of their former house, now forcibly demolished

Amidst houses destined for demolition, migrant workers use a still-functioning water pipe, 2003

Migrant workers have set up a temporary home in a demolition site in the Hangkou district

A still-functioning water pipe in the Hangkou district is used for washing up

A woman angrily complains about the ruthless eviction of residents from the Hangkou neighborhood

Construction workers take a break from work for a walk along the Bund, 2003

View from the roof terrace of the Peace Hotel over the Bund, 2003

Exhibition hall of the ShangART Gallery in Moganshan, 2003

The painter Zhou Tiehei in the ShangART Gallery in the trendy Moganshan district, 2003

The painter Zhou Tiehei in the ShangART in front of one of his then popular motifs of the Camel Man, 2003

The painter Lao Fan likes to expose Mao in suggestive situations, 2003

Lobby of the hotel in Jinmao Tower with view into the tower, 2003

Dizzying view from the heights of the hotel in Jin Mao Tower down to the lobby

Zhapu Lu Street is one of the busiest in the Hangkou district, which is threatened with demolition, 2003

Ornamental fish for sale in the Lao Xi Men alley in the Old Town of Shanghai

Master tailor in his small tailor's shop in Old Town Alley in Shanghai's old town

One of the last alleys in the Old Town of Shanghai, everything is on the demolition list

The author Mian Mian made herself unpopular with the Communist Party with her books about the youth and pop scene, 2003

Fashion designer Han Feng is very successful not only in Shanghai but also in New York, 2003

Highway loop of the elevated road before crossing the Huangpu over the Nanpu Bridge, 2003

The Shanghai Metro is the main artery of effective public transportation

Spoiled Pekingese, lap dog with sunglasses

Bamboo scaffolding in front of a facade to be preserved in the Hangkou demolition district, 2003

Migrant workers clearing out some houses in Shanghai's old town that are slated for demolition

Street doctor measuring blood pressure in the alleys of the Hangkou district, 2003

These traditional bamboo chairs have been put together millions of times without metal joints

Baozi with sticky rice is cooked in a traditional steam pot

in 2003, the cell phone had long been an everyday device in China, here as a toy for the child of a street vendor of crustaceans

League soccer match in Shanghai stadium, 2003

This old lady lived here until her house on Lao Xi Men was demolished and she refuses to leave, 2003

The last inhabitants of an alleyway in Hangkou face an uncertain future, 2003

One of the last streets in the Hangkou district, 2003

In one of the city's traditional pharmacies, Chinese medicine is still measured using hand scales

Mother and son check their homework in the light of the street lamps in the old town, 2003

View from the observation deck of the World Trade Financial Center over the top of the Jin Mao Tower to Huangpu, 2003

Roadway maze of the highway intersection of Chongking Zhong and Yanan Dong in the Gaojia highway system, 2003

Crossing point of the Gaojia elevated road on stilts in the north of the city center

Amateur painter on the Waidabu Bridge with a view over the Souzhou River and across to Pudong

View from the Bund across the Huangpu to the morning skyline of Pudong