Swapping Shantytown For The Suburbs

2,100 Shanghai households to be relocated soon

At the entrance of an old, dilapidated residential community in downtown Shanghai, two women were going about their daily business. One of them was washing her hair in a sink, while the other used another sink to rinse out a spittoon.

Most of the residents have installed outside sinks to save space in their small homes, and 40 percent of them don't have indoor bathrooms or kitchens.