Philippe Roy

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Shanghai Pearl Oriental TV Tower
tags: photojournalism, dragon, economy, growth, american dream and local culture

Photographer: Philippe Roy
Style: photojournalism, cityscape photography
Studio: on-location photography
Location: Shanghai, China

Shanghai Pearl Oriental TV Tower Sunrise on a new world Out with the old The economic rush to success also creates poverty on the streets of Shanghai Bicycles still survive but must make place for the BMWs People's Square Subway Station at Rush hour A new building every day One in a billion...

In the last ten years China’s economy has boomed out of the backwoods and onto the international scene with the roar of the dragon.

Though the new economy also brings cultural changes that trickle slowly to the whole country, the new hope cascades changes in Shanghai. A new life, new liberties, new hope, the American Dream all over again, but this time, with the made in China stamp.