Foreigners find home away from home

Tony Tovar, a teacher from the US, has spent the past 18 years living in Pudong New Area, giving him a front-row seat to the area's transformation from farmland to financial hub.

In 2001, he moved to the Jinqiao area, which is now known as Biyun International Community and has the largest concentration of foreign residents in the city.

Today the community is home to more than 2,000 international families from over 60 nations and regions - including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Japan, Italy, Spain, India and Switzerland - making up over 50 percent of its population.