DOSSIER - Shanghai / Guangzhou: Chinese omnipotence

Two cities, two styles... Shanghai and Guangzhou are also two major events: the 2010 World Expo for one, the 16th Asian Games for the other. Two megacities, then, within a strategic China which, since the Beijing Olympics, continues to create news around its superpower and shrug off the crisis. Shanghai and Guangzhou, two urban silhouettes that have been remodelled, with new business districts, new bridges, faster trains, gigantic ultra-modern conference centres and a booming international hotel industry. Text Cécile Balavoine - Photos Bruno Pérousse