Arriving by water it was 4:20am when I woke to the horns of the ferry blasting into the air. I scrambled to the top deck to stand alone and watch mile after mile of refineries, industrial and shipping yards go by, massive foreign freight liners with names like Oriana, Atlantic Sovereign and Emerald Sun anchored on both sides of the Huangpu river, filling their cargo compartments to ship China's exports to the countries of six continents. Chugging into central Shanghai, with the first rays of morning breaking over the skyline, I took this picture before disembarking the ferry ...