TheAncientChineseDreamofShanghai’sSongjiangI’VEdrivensome200,000kmacrossChina,butforoveradecadeIalwaysdetouredaroundShanghaibecauseitwasn’t“realChina.”Tomyknowledge,Shanghaiwasnothingbutmudflatsuntil1844,whenWesternersbuilttheirinternationalsettlementonthenowfamousBund.ButwhenIdideventuallyex-ploretheworld’slargestcitybypopulation,IlearntthatShanghaiisnotonlyamodernglobalfinancialcen...