Last week Nathan Myhrvold posted a pair of photo-essays to the Freakonomics blog recounting a recent visit to Shanghai and Beijing. Some strong images (looks like he’s using something like a 12mm aspheric on some of those? shame about the compression), and interesting commentary (and comments!).

• Is Shanghai Turning Pro or Just Building High?
• The Truth About Peking Duck and Other Beijing Reflections

For a different perspective, but along the same lines, I really enjoyed Bunny Huang’s Made In China posts from last year.