Preserve Shanghai's unique heritage

I spent four days in Shanghai last week and was struck by how the Expo's motto - "Better city, better life" - applies to the city itself.

Shanghai has had a much needed, and well-deserved, facelift, just as Beijing did before the 2008 Olympics. Today, it is nothing like the city I remember from the 1980s.

The first thing you notice is the elevated expressways, which have brought about a huge improvement in the traffic. Just 10 minutes from Gate 3 of the Expo grounds, my taxi turned onto the Yan'an Elevated Road and we were on our way.