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1、鸟瞰中国-ChinafromAbove（下）TheFutureIsNowScriptChina,anationundergoinganewculturalrevolutionatthedawnofthe21stcentury.Thisepicjourneyfromtheairwillrevealanationintransition.Asmillionsmigratefornewlivestomegacitiesbeingbuiltatrecordpace,engineeringmarvelsriseacr
2、ossChina’sepiclandscape,andcutting-edgetransportsystemsrollouttomeetthedemandsof200millionpeopleonthemove.China’sreachevenextendstoearth’sorbit.It’sacountryexperiencingunprecedentedchange.Aftercenturiesinseclusion,Chinaisnowrevealed.Afivethousand-year-oldc
3、ivilizationinahurry.Overthelastthreedecades,ithasmodernizedfasterthananyothercountry.Attheheartofthistransformationisonecity-----Shanghai.It'snowChina’smostpopularcity,itsfinancialhubandtheworld'sbusiestport.The24millionShanghairesidentsspeaktheirowndialec
4、tandtravelaroundononeofthebiggesttransportationsystemsintheworld.It'stherapidincreaseofitsskyscrapersthat'sreallycaughttheworld'simagination,includingonemanwhoselife'sworkhasbeentorecallthistransformation."Tome,cityscapephotographyisajobaswellasapassion.It
5、expressesmyaffinityforthecity."ZhagXianzhenhasspent20yearsphotographingtherapidlyevolvingskylineofShanghai.In1993,thisphotocapturedShanghaiwithalmostnoskyscrapers,butby2014,ithadasmuchasTokyocity."Standinghereyoucanseethecity'sdevelopmentanditscultureandhi
6、story.Onthissidearethenewbuildings.Century-oldbuildingsareoverthere.Fromhere,whatyouareseeingarethecontrastswithinacity.Itmaybegrowingbutitisalsopreservingitsheritageverywell.AllthepicturesItaketodaywillonedaybeahistoricalrecording.Thisisverymeaningfultome
7、.ThisurbantransformationspreadacrossChinaover600millionpeoplenowlivingin656cities,theyarebuildingtheequivalentofthecitythesizeofChicagoeveryyear.Themanpowerrequiredtodrivethisurbanexplosionhascomefromtheruralbackwatersofthisvastnation.By2030,350millionpeop
8、le,thepopulationoftheUnitedStates,areexpectedtomovefromthecountrysidetothecities.Anexodusthatdwarvesthe19thcenturyIndustryRevolutionofEuropeandAmerica.Herethemodernandtheancientoftencollideinthesechaoticcitie
