Distracted by the gleaming office towers and Bladerunner-like backdrop of contemporary Shanghai, one often fails to remember that China's emergence from hard-assed dictatorship of the masses was not actually that long ago. Walk about a bit, though, and you will be abruptly dragged back to the past. Doorways like this are now either collectors pieces or replicated en masse; this one is an authentic gate that still guards the entrance to an alleyway in the city centre.
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