Photos: A view of Shanghai in 1985

Flickr user Kattebelletje, also known as Alice, has put up a beautiful set of slides her mother took on a long trip around China back in the 1980s. Looking at pictures of Shanghai from 1985, it's hard not to amazed at how much everything has changed. Check out the Shanghai and other cities (including Beijing, Nanjing and Hangzhou) that Ariane Dijkstra saw and documented two decades ago.

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[1] | ShanghaiLife

Actually these photos look pretty much like they could have been taken today...quite funny.

Reply | January 25, 2009 4:42 PM

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[2] | Alex

Look like they could be taken today? Maybe if 60+ year olds are the only ones included cause they are the only ones who still dress very much the same way.

The photos look more similar to the photos of shanghai in the 40s from this archive: http://images.google.com/images?q=shanghai&q=source%3Alife than to current Shanghai.

Reply | January 26, 2009 4:30 AM

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