Sept. 6

On Saturday, Sept. 6, a group from DKU took a van to Shanghai to go on a guided walk with Patrick Moreton, Associate Dean of Graduate Programs, and Christina, Patrick's wife.  Patrick and Christina have lived in Shanghai for 10 years so they were very knowledgeable about the history of the city.


Shanghai is a city of great contrasts. We went from a new shopping area to the narrow streets where many people of the lower class live without indoor plumbing.


 
Given the rising prices of real estate in the city, the government is in the process of moving many people out of their homes and into high rises.

Christina told us that everything is recycled when the buildings are razed.




The people living in the small houses in the narrow streets took advantage of the warm weather to hang their laundry out to dry. 
 Laundry festooned the streets. 








Women were cleaning their homes.  The children were out playing with their trucks and skateboards.

There were groups of men playing mahjong.