Notes From a Week Looking at Shanghai's Tech Scene

It takes about a day in Shanghai to realise your phone is doing more work here than almost anywhere else you've travelled — payments, transit, food delivery, translation, all stitched together in a way that mostly just works.

The high-speed rail network deserves its own mention: 300km/h, on time to the minute, with a smoothness that makes flying feel like the inferior option for anything under about 1,200km.