The west side is what we think of as old Shanghai, including the famous Bund along the riverfront.

In the old Shanghai, the Bund was often compared with Manhattan.

This is why old and new Shanghai are hard to connect.

Now, with South China booming, old Shanghai is disappearing at the rate of a block a week.

Couples dance cheek-to-cheek, and there's something of the mood of old Shanghai.

The physical world you need to evoke the old Shanghai just isn't available to us anymore.

The curving street led on toward a brilliant zone which might well have been a portion of old Shanghai.

"We will rebuild most of old Shanghai because the people want to improve their living conditions," he said.

It is a black and white film that sets in old Shanghai.

This bright, handsome restaurant, decorated with black-and-white photographs of old Shanghai, offers many specialties of that city.