From Prosperity to Emptiness Shanghai’s Empty Malls, Deserted Streets, Where Did Everyone Go

"Shanghai feels empty now. Not the kind of emptiness you notice at midnight, but the kind that hits you on a Friday night, at 8:30 p.m., when the city should be roaring. I used to come here on weekends and could barely squeeze through the crowds. Today, I stand still—not because I want to look around, but because there’s nothing to move through. In places where you once couldn’t throw a stick without hitting someone, now there’s only a security guard and a shop owner staring at each other. This is the area around Oriental Pearl Tower, once the postcard image of China’s prosperity. The tourist center that used to overflow with people is now silent, hollow, almost unreal.


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