WUtopia Lab renvoated a Sinan Mansion in Shanghai into the Sinan Bookshop, a modern multi-level bookstore with a cafe, exhibition areas and events space.

Shanghai, China’s New York (with Beijing its Washington DC), is the youthful business capital of a 5,000-year-old culture, built to be the place where East meets West.

Jinling Road, marked by verandas that shield its sidewalks and display windows of violins and pianos, is a distinctly historical street in modern Shanghai. Now there are questions about its future.