Preservationists on the Awful Destruction of Laoximen and the Closure of the Astor Hotel

This stuff pisses me off too much to write about sometimes, but here’s some links…

Tina Kanagaratnam and Katya Knyazeva on the bulldozing of Shanghai’s Laoximen district in SupChina….

Andrew Field on the closure of the Astor House Hotel in Shanghai on his blog…

Me on RTHK’s Morning Brew on both these horrible events….