Shanghai, a city of over 20 million people and indomitable skyscrapers, is apparently giving indications that it's eager to join Atlantis among the great cities of the world that sank into the ocean. The quake-evoking cracks in the pavement around the new Shanghai Tower project in Pudong (the soon-to-be "world's tallest building") have measured up to 8 m long and 4 cm wide, inciting a mild panic in Shanghai. Residents fear that sinking ground caused by densely-packed skyscrapers will be to blame for the city's downfall. more ›

We've often accused Shanghai of trying too hard to emulate the other great metropolises of the world: London, New York, Paris. But it seems that, more and more, the city it will most likely resemble is Venice. According to a recent article by the Associated Press: more ›